We have also invested considerable time and some money experimenting with the many ways to cook food with the sun. Just imagine! You can actually take scrap materials–old cardboard boxes, newspaper, a ...

If it’s easy and free, it’s too good to be true, right? Not when it comes to solar cooking. Just as the term suggests, this cooking method captures the power of the sun. It’s a passive process, ...

Joel Dufour, the author, removes a hot skillet from his mobile solar oven. On most solar ovens you must lift off the glass top to check on or remove food. A rear door makes this process a lot faster, ...

From a six-figure job to a green life, Pune’s Pallavi Patil grows her food, cooks with solar, and lives without a fridge or ...

Smithsonian associate editor Bruce Hathaway guest blogs for us, chiming in about his love for solar cooking: The first days of May here in the Washington, D.C., area are usually ideal for solar ...

Ultraviolet rays can blister your skin, cause cancer and make the seats on your flats boat fade. UV rays can also be turned into an energy source for cooking anything from a stew or rack of ribs to ...