Books about solar cooking

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==='''A Treatise: Solar Cookers'''===
{{NewFeb18}}By [[Ashok Kundapur|Dr. Ashok Kundapur]]

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Ashok Kundapur traces the history of development and types of solar cookers. The twelve chapters  cover history, technology, indirect cooking, heat retention, construction advice, and trending design approaches.
[https://www.solcooker.net/Treatise.htm Details and purchasing information...]
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==={{NewApr23}}'''Slow Cook Solar'''===
[[File:Slow Cook Solar cover, Anderson, 4-14-23.png|200px|right]] by [[Lorraine Anderson]]

''Slow Cook Solar'' tells you everything you need to know to get started with solar cooking. It features 100+ climate-friendly, plant-rich recipes for sun-baked summer meals that are simple, flavorful, and sustainable. Whether you eat vegan, vegetarian, paleo, keto, flexitarian, or regenivore, you’ll find something sure to please your taste buds here.

*100+ mouthwatering recipes to slowly and gently bake fruits, vegetables, grains, pasta, egg-and-cheese dishes, poultry, meat, and seafood

*Whole food ingredients from the garden or farmers’ market for healthy dips and spreads, breads, chilled veggie soups, salads, quiches and casseroles, bowls, and sweets, mostly gluten free

*Low, slow cooking to preserve moisture and enhance flavor, allowing you to set it and forget it

Recipes include: Green Bean Pesto, Beet and Cucumber Soup, Sour Cream Dill Potato Salad, 
Parmesan Spinach Polenta Bowl, Crustless Crab Quiche, and Summer Fruit Crumble

“Cooking with fire is primal—even when the fire is 93 million miles away. This book will make you a practitioner of both ancient wisdom and avant-garde skill. Bon appetit!” —Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and Third Act, bestselling author of ''Oil and Honey'' and ''Falter''

“Thanks so much to Lorraine Anderson for this beautiful, colorful, informative, accessible, and engaging book. She expertly sets anyone up to be successful at solar cooking.” —[[Caitlyn Hughes]], Executive Director, [[Solar Cookers International]]

“This wonderful, urgently needed book will not only provide thousands of delicious meals but also help to battle our primary disaster: the climate crisis.” —[[Mary Frank]], artist and activist

Website: https://www.slowcooksolar.com<br> 
Available at: [https://bookshop.org/p/books/slow-cook-solar-sun-baked-summer-meals-good-for-people-and-planet-lorraine-anderson/19954893?ean=9798218158439 Bookshop.org], [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/slow-cook-solar-lorraine-anderson/1143290387?ean=9798218158439 Barnes and Noble], [https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Cook-Solar-Sun-Baked-Summer/dp/B0C13ZNZ26/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12JCJAU8LCVUN&keywords=slow+cook+solar&qid=1681322543&s=books&sprefix=slow+cook+solar%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1 Amazon]

==='''Cooking With Sunshine'''===
''The Complete Guide to Solar Cuisine with 150 Easy Sun-Cooked Recipes''
[[Image:CookingWithSunshine.png|200px|right|]]by [[Lorraine Anderson]] and Rick Palkovic

''Cooking With Sunshine'' provides everything you need to get cooking, including:
*Clear explanations of how solar cooking works and its benefits over traditional methods
*Instructions for building your own solar cooker using inexpensive, easy-to-find materials—and information on where to buy a ready-made solar cooker
*A selection of fun and super-easy recipes to get you started
*A wide variety of recipes for main dishes, accompaniments, and desserts for both vegetarian and omnivorous diets
*Creative menu ideas for special diets, tastes, and occasions

“...I have been cooking with the sun     
for years, and Cooking with Sunshine    
takes away the mystery and brings     
the deliciousness and adventure    
of solar cooking to the reader.”    
— Artist and solar cooking advocate [[Mary Frank]]

Paperback, 224 pages. See [http://www.cookingwithsunshine.com/ Cooking With Sunshine] web page for more information.

[https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Sunshine-Complete-Cuisine-Sun-Cooked/dp/156924300X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Cooking+with+Sunshine+Lorraine+Anderson&qid=1678134981&sr=8-1 Buy this book on Amazon]

==='''The Sunny Side of Cooking'''===
''(C) 2023 Solar cooking and other ecologically friendly cooking methods for the 21st century''
[[File:Sunny Side of Cooking 2nd edition cover, 3-20-23.jpg|200px|right]]by Lisa Rayner

The Sunny Side of Cooking is a practical, easy-to-follow guide for both beginning and experienced solar cooks. Includes:
*How to choose the right solar cooker for you based on '''''your''''' climate and lifestyle needs
*How different types of solar cookers work
*How to use a solar cooker for baking, steaming, simmering, sauteing, toasting, broiling, and more
*More than 100 vegetarian solar recipes and cooking tips (animal free)
*The '''''only''''' solar cookbook that explains in detail how to solar cook tofu, seitan and tempeh
*How to bake crepes, flatbreads and tortillas, pancakes, polenta, muffins, yeast breads and pastries
*How to adapt slow cooker recipes to a solar cooker
*How to adapt '''''your''''' favorite recipes to a solar cooker
*How to can foods in a solar cooker using '''''USDA safe canning guidelines'''''
*How to create a '''''year-round sustainable cooking system''''' by combining the use of solar cookers, fireless cookers, pressure cookers, and biomass-fueled stoves and earth ovens<br />

“Beautifully detailed and informative.    
I highly recommend it both for beginners and    
experienced solar cooks who may pick up    
some useful variations and additional uses.     
Her recipes make one’s mouth water just reading them!”<br />
— Solar cooking pioneer [[Barbara Kerr]]

Copyright (c) 2023<br />
128 pages, eBook with a color cover, black and white illustrations.<br />

[https://www.amazon.com/Sunny-Side-Cooking-ecologically-friendly-ebook/dp/B0BXB7LFQY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Sunny+Side+of+Cooking+Rayner&qid=1678129234&redirectFromSmile=1&sr=8-1 Buy this book on Amazon]

Order by sending a check or money order to:

[Https://LisaRaynerBooks.com Https://LisaRaynerBooks.com]

==='''Heaven's Flame'''===
[[Image:Heavens-Flame_bookcover.jpg|right|150px]]by [[Joseph Radabaugh]]
This excellent 144-page book offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of solar cooking, including a large question and answer section, a long chapter detailing who's who, and detailed plans for a very high-performance cardboard cooker and detailed cooking instructions. You can see an example of this cooker [http://solarcooking.org/images/hflame1.jpg here].

*{{NewJun20}}[[Media:Heavens Flame - Joe Radabaugh.pdf|The complete text of Heaven's Flame in PDF format]]

{{AmazonSmile|http://smile.amazon.com/dp/0962958824}}
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==='''Solar Cooking for Home and Camp'''===
[[Image:Solar_Cooking_for_Home_and_Camp.jpg|right|150px]]
This book gives clear and easy instructions on how to make a solar cooker using two cardboard boxes lined with aluminum foil and a few other simple materials that are readily available. Yaffe then completes the book with a number of tasty recipes like mushroom quiche and stuffed zucchini that you can cook in your very own solar cooker.

[https://amazon.com/Solar-Cooking-Home-Camp-Cooker/dp/0811734021 Buy on Amazon.com].
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==='''Solar Cooking: A Primer/Cookbook'''===
[[Image:Book_Solar_Cooking_A_Primer_Cookbook.gif|right]]
by Harriet Kofalk

A 96-page book of natural vegetarian recipes. Contains 24 pages of background including construction plans and cooking tips. [[Barbara Kerr]], the inventor of the cardboard solar box cooker writes of the book, "The combination of the enhanced flavor of solar-cooked foods and Harriet's lovely, carefully balanced recipes is a total win!"

{{AmazonSmile|http://smile.amazon.com/dp/1570670072}}


==='''Cooking with the Sun: How to Build and Use Solar Cookers'''===
[[Image:Book_Cooking_with_the_Sun.gif|right|150px]]by Beth and Dan Halacy

A 115-page book with plans for building a plywood multi-reflector box cooker, a cardboard single-reflector box cooker, and a cardboard parabolic cooker. Contains 62 pages of American and international recipes.

Morning Sun Press<br />
P.O. Box 413<br />
Lafayette, California 94549<br />
[[USA]]

{{AmazonSmile|http://smile.amazon.com/dp/0962906921}}


==='''The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit'''===
[[Image:Carbon-Free Home_cover.jpg|right|250px]]
With an endearing mix of down-to-earth practical solutions and funky DIY projects, this book provides readers with much-needed information on how to renovate habits and home to move closer to a zero-carbon existence. The Hrens, respectively a carpenter and a photovoltaic installer living in Durham, N.C., give specific and technical advice, based on their own experience, on how to lower energy use within and outside the house, with 36 projects ranging from simple and inexpensive activities like sealing drafts, resetting the water heater thermostat and planting potatoes in a barrel to more heavy-duty and costly tasks such as installing a green roof or a solar hot-water heater and replacing a lawn with a permaculture garden. Some projects, such as building an outdoor cob oven—which the authors themselves describe as time-consuming with low energy savings—will be of little interest to any but devoted backyard hobbyists. Converting from a flush toilet to humanure, which involves lugging five-gallon buckets of human waste to a compost pile on a weekly basis, is even less likely to be adopted by the urban dwellers the Hrens hope to influence. But just about anyone will find something useful to do in this book, and the detailed, clear and enlightening chapter on understanding home energy use is, alone, almost worth the purchase price.

{{AmazonSmile|https://www.amazon.com/Carbon-Free-Home-Remodeling-Projects-Fossil-Fuel/dp/1933392622}}

==='''The Expanding World of Solar Box Cookers'''===
by Barbara Prosser Kerr

Full text vailable online [http://solarcooking.org/kerr.htm here].

==={{NewMar16}}'''Solar Cookers in the Third World===
by [[GIZ]] (1990)

Full text available online here: [[Media:Solar Cookers in the Third World - GIZ 1990.pdf|Solar Cookers in the Third World]]

==='''Making the Most of Sunshine: A Handbook of Solar Energy for the Common Man'''===
''A Handbook of Solar Energy for the Common Man''

by [mailto:snswami@md2.vsnl.net.in S. Narayanaswami]

*[[Making the Most of Sunshine|More information on this book]]
*[http://solarcooking.org/narayanaswami-interview.htm An Interview with the author]

Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd<br />
576, Masjid Road, Jangpura, New Delhi-110 014<br />
Telephone: 4314605, 4315313, Fax: [+91-11-431087<br />
[mailto:orders@vikas.gobookshopping.com orders@vikas.gobookshopping.com]<br />

South Asia Book, P.O.Box 502, Columbia MO 65205<br />
[mailto:sabooks@juno.com sabooks@juno.com], Contact: Jerry Barrier.<br />
Phone: [tel:573-474-0116 573-474-0116], Fax: [tel:573-474-8124 573-474-8124]

{{AmazonSmile|http://smile.amazon.com/dp/8125910867}}

==='''How to Make, Use, and Enjoy'''===
by Solar Cookers International

[[File:Solar_Cookers,_How_to_make.jpg|right|200px]]
Since its founding in 1987, SCI has spread solar cooking skills and technologies where they are needed most. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have used SCI's resources to learn how to make and use solar cookers and teach others to do the same. This extensive knowledge is condensed in this 52-page publication. Chapters include a rationale for solar cooking, directions for making a solar cooker, basic solar cooking instructions, solar cooker recipes and tips, alternative solar cooker uses, and ideas for teachers. Published in 2004 by Solar Cookers International. 52 pages.

Download book: https://solarcookers.salsalabs.org/howtomakeuseandenjoy/index.html


==='''Solar Cookers'''===
by Nicola Ulivieri

[[File:Solar_Cookers,_Ulivieri_(cover),_4-21-20.jpg|right|200px]]
A manual-essay introducing you to the world of solar cookers that highlights the potential of these practical tools with which you can cook your dishes outdoors with solar energy alone. You will learn the history, development and refinement of solar cookers, but also the theory of apparent motion of the Sun, as well of solar radiation and its conversion into heat. This book is accompanied by a theoretical and practical section that illustrates the working principles of solar cookers: complete with the methods to build them with recycled materials, illustrative examples and advice on recipes.

[http://www.lulu.com/shop/nicola-ulivieri/solar-cookers-cooking-with-the-sun-history-theory-construction-recipes/ebook/product-24513446.html Order as ebook or paperback]


==='''Haybox Cooking'''===
by Jane and Seggy Segaran

[[File:Haybox cooking cover, Segaran, 2-3-21.png|right|200px]]
Various forms of haybox cookers are used widely in the developing world to cut down on the use of firewood. This saves time spent in gathering fuel and helps with deforestation. Conservative estimates of fuel saving vary from 30 – 50 %. The purpose of this book is to promote the use of haybox cooking to a wide an audience as possible. Many different designs are presented as well as recipes and advise on cooking times.

[http://www.ohmbooks.com/haybox_cooking.html Order as ebook or paperback]
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==='''Cooking with Cardboard'''===
{{NewJan24}}by Jed Wubben

[[File:Cooking with Cardboard, Jed Wubben cover, 1-12-24.png|right|200px]]
Jed shows you with step by step directions on how to build a solar cooker with materials that can be acquired from recycled boxes, or be bought inexpensively locally. His goal is to make solar cooking easy for anyone to do. Great for a beginner wanting to start solar cooking without spending a lot of money on a solar cooker. 
[https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Cardboard-step-step-cooking/dp/1731582986/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m6xY8o2ntlHl2aC4A9tJg_dYQES-I5Z80OSYNkgx2CxWftNSShyzkiYLuXOzhE_l4L1rtK5m_gEXYXc2dfRiF0P4HAiWKmoxQlgiGJ_TPF0W5LyD5p7YND-hHypVjzZyMK4BNo_mt8bBOOAYGv-N1A.4hMWBma4_LYFN6NEyDBpjC2OeLdeWQeZIfXgw1TqMbU&dib_tag=se&keywords=Cooking+with+cardboard&qid=1705082349&sr=8-1 Available on Amazon], or can be [https://archive.org/download/cooking-with-cardboard_202307/CookingWithCardboard.pdf downloaded for free from the Internet Archive]. 
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=='''Cookbooks'''==
==='''Solar Oven Cooking'''===
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=='''Solar food drying'''==
==='''The Solar Food Dryer'''===
[[File:The_Solar_Food_Dryer_cover_photo,_10-2-14.png|right|200px]] by Eben Fodor

The Solar Food Dryer describes how to use solar energy to preserve your summer's harvest. With your own solar-powered food dryer, you can quickly and efficiently dry all your extra garden veggies, fruits and herbs with free sunshine and enjoy their goodness all year long! Solar food dryers perform amazingly well under a wide range of conditions, working effectively in almost any climate where you can grow fruits and vegetables.

Read more: http://www.motherearthnews.com/shopping/detail.aspx?itemnumber=2648#ixzz3F0vfaKnV

=='''Other'''==
==={{NewApr24}}'''Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit'''===
By Laura Snyder Brown & William Fleet Lankford

[[File:Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit cover, 4-9-24.png|right|200px]]
Stories of Solidarity, Solar Cooking, and Women’s Leadership in Central America. An endearing story about a US tenured physics professor, the inimitable Bill Lankford, who visited [[Nicaragua]] for two weeks in 1984 and stayed, in one form or another, for decades. It’s a heart-warming story about how organizations formed to spread solar ovens became vehicles for women to empower and defend themselves in repressive macho societies. But it’s also a refreshingly frank story about the ups and downs of organizations that depend on outsiders for financial support and guidance, and the ups and downs of organizations forced to ride the waves of enormous political upheavals. [https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1542 Details and purchasing information...] 
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==={{NewMar19}}'''Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea'''===
By Elizabeth Suneby

[[File:Iqbal_and_his_Ingenious_Idea_(_book_cover),_3-14-19.png|right|200px]]
Iqbal learns that his school's upcoming sustainability fair has the theme of sustainability, and comes up with the perfect idea for his entry: He will design a stove that doesn't produce smoke, win the prize, and help his family's health.
[https://www.kidscanpress.com/products/iqbal-and-his-ingenious-idea Details and purchasing information...]  
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==='''Cuiseurs Solaires'''===
[[File:Cuiseurs_solaires_titre.jpg|right|200px]]
by [[Rolf Behringer]] and [[Michael Götz]]

Ce livre de Rolf Behringer et Michael Götz résume tout ce que nous savons sur les fours solaires - ayant 18 ans d'expérience. Le spectre va d'une introduction aux exemples de groupements et projets utilisant la cuisine solaire sous nos latitudes et jusqu'aux projets du Sud. Et surtout, le livre vous aide à la pratique: Un chapitre détaillé décrit comment fabriquer vous-mêmes votre four solaire (le modèle 'standard en bois' du catalogue de SOLEMYO) et un autre vous livre un grand nombre de recettes (végétariennes, la Plage étant un éditeur de livres de cuisine végétarienne) pour commencer vos expériences!

96 pages

{{NewMar18}}To order: http://suninside.de/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=68
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==='''Du Soleil dans mon assiette'''===
[[Image:Du Soleil dans mon Assiette.jpg|right|200px]]
A new French-language solar cookbook titled [[Du Soleil dans mon assiette]] is available from [[Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil]]. Fifty recipes, ranging from appetizers to main dishes to desserts, are nicely presented in this book along with full-color pictures. Several of the recipes also include tips for cooking with fuel-efficient wood stoves and heat-retention cookers. The book sells for 12.50 € ($16) plus shipping. Proceeds benefit the organization’s projects in Andean countries.

[[Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil]]<br />
18 rue Gaëtan Rondeau<br />
44200 Nantes<br />
[[France]]

Tel: [tel:+33&#x20;02&#x20;51&#x20;86&#x20;04&#x20;04 +33 02 51 86 04 04]

Email: [mailto:soleil@boliviainti.org soleil@boliviainti.org]

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=Italian=

==Forni Solari==
[[File:Forni_Solari_book_cover.png|right|200px]]'''Forni Solari, by Nicola Ulivieri'''
A comprehensive guide to solar cooking, as reviewed by Italian speakers of the solar cooking community. Available from [https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=Forni+Solari&ref=nb_sb_noss Amazon]
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=Spanish=

==Sabor Solar==
The full text of the [[Media:Sabor Solar Cookbook Spanish.pdf|Sabor Solar Cookbook]] from [[Grupo Fenix]] shows how to cook Nicaraguan foods in a solar cooker. ([[Media:Sabor Solar Cookbook English.pdf|English version]] also available.)
=={{NewJan20}}Recetaria de Olla Solar==
*[[Media:Recetario de Olla Solar 2019.pdf|Descargar]]

==Libros por Bernardo Sosa==
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[[File:Cocina_Solar,_alternativa_energética_sustentable_-_Sosa.png|thumb|none|'''Cocina Solar, alternativa energética sustentable
Modelo matemático y construcción física''' - El presente trabajo muestra el desarrollo de cocinas solares con base en Concentradores Parabólicos Compuestos (CPC) en tres dimensiones. La finalidad del desarrollo de estos dispositivos estriba en obtener un dispositivo con mejores características térmicas, capaz de adaptarse a diversas latitudes; económicas, haciendo un dispositivo accesible a toda población y; ergonómico, que sea de fácil traslado y funcionamiento, de tal manera que sea apropiable, confiable y durable para el usuario. Se muestra también un modelo semi-empírico para cocinas solares de pequeñas dimensiones, que permite conocer, en laboratorio y mediante un programa de simulación, la pertinencia o no de determinada cocina solar para cierta región.
https://www.morebooks.de/store/es/book/cocina-solar,-alternativa-energ%C3%A9tica-sustentable/isbn/978-3-8484-5153-1
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[[File:Cocinas_solares_-_alternativa_enerética_para_el_medio_rural_-_Sosa.png|thumb|none|'''Cocinas solares: alternativa energética para el medio rural
Desarrollo, implementación y apropiación''' - 
Esta obra brinda al público una perspectiva del desarrollo, implementación y apropiación de las cocinas solares, mostrando el diseño, construcción y modelado matemático de diversos tipos de cocinas solares que fueron construidos utilizando la óptica anidólica. Por otra parte, se describen las metodologías estándar que se usaron para la evaluación de estas cocinas solares, a partir del cálculo de factores de mérito, rendimiento térmico y potencia de cocción. Además, se describe un caso de estudio de implementación de estas cocinas solares en una comunidad indígena del estado de Michoacán-México, la implementación se presenta como una estrategia para la conservación de los recursos naturales; así también se evidencian metodologías para la transferencia y apropiación de tecnologías solares térmicas a través de medios alternativos, como manuales y capacitación bilingüe. Finalmente, se pretende que este ejemplar sea de utilidad para investigación futura, y referente en el desarrollo e implementación de este tipo de tecnologías alternativas.

https://www.morebooks.de/store/es/book/cocinas-solares:-alternativa-energ%C3%A9tica-para-el-medio-rural/isbn/978-3-659-08595-6]]
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=See also=
*{{Cat|Films about solar cooking}}
* [[Recipes]]
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