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Publication Date: 2006
Publisher: Avalon
Binding: Paperback
Topics: Agriculture, Energy, Sustainable Community

Description: What could be more entertaining and magical than putting food into a cardboard box outdoors on a sunny day and taking it out fully cooked a few hours later? Solar cooking - a safe, simple cooking method using the sun's rays as the sole heat source - has been known for centuries and can be done at least during the summer in just about any place where there's sun.

In 'Cooking with Sunshine,' Lorraine Anderson and Rick Palkovic provide everything you need to know to cook great sun-fueled meals. They describe how to build your own inexpensive solar cooker, explain how solar cooking works and its benefits over traditional methods, offer more than 100 tasty recipes emphasizing healthy ingredients, and suggest a month's worth of menu ideas.

he essential resource for cooking mouthwatering meals outdoors using the sun's rays - featuring 150 delicious and healthful recipes.

What could be more entertaining and magical than putting food in a box outdoors on a sunny day and enjoying a delicious fully-cooked meal just a few hours later? Solar cooking - which uses the sun's rays as the sole heat source - has been around for centuries and can be done just about anyplace where there's sun. Not only is it completely safe and simple, but it also saves money on fuel, limits time spent preparing meals, and is kind to the environment - plus the results are healthy, flavorful, and satisfying.

Whether you're new to solar cooking or have been doing it for years, 'Cooking with Sunshine' is your definitive guide to making a variety of tasty sun-cooked meals. Solar cooking experts Lorraine Anderson and Rick Palkovic provide 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

...and much more!

So what are you waiting for? It's time to cook with sunshine!

Recipes Include:

Crunchy nutty granola € Green bean pâté € Artichoke frittata € Savory lentil salad € Tofu enchiladas € Eggplant parmesan € Pesto pizza € Teriyaki salmon € Crustless crab quiche € Tandoori chicken € Burgundy beef stew € Rosemary rice € Garlic-dill buttermilk biscuits € Pumpkin tofu pie € Apricot coconut bars € Peach cobbler cake

About the Authors: Lorraine Anderson is a freelance writer and editor with a special interest in encouraging a reciprocal relationship with nature. Her books include 'Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature'; 'Literature and the Environment: A Reader on Nature and Culture' (with Scott Slovic and John O'Grady), and 'At Home on This Earth: Two Centuries of U.S. Women's Nature Writing' (with Thomas Edwards). She lives in Corvallis, Oregon. Rick Palkovic is an electrical engineer and technical writer. He lives in Davis, California.

Review(s): "Anderson and Palkovic have been cooking with solar energy for more than two decades, and they self-published an earlier version of this book in 1994. Solar cooking has been getting attention lately for a variety of reasons (e.g., inexpensive solar cookers can make a huge difference to people in developing nations who are living in poverty), and "more advanced" - and more expensive cookers - have been in the news. But the cardboard cooker the authors put together in the early 1980s still works fine for them. Here they include instructions for building such a cooker, the 'ABC's of Solar Cooking,' lists of resources, and more, along with recipes for snacks, appetizers, main courses, and desserts. Unfortunately, the recipes are somewhat mundane (and it's rather surprising that many of them use ingredients such as canned cream soups), but the book could stand on the information it provides about solar cooking." - Library Journal

"On this earth the time for solar cookers has (urgently) come. 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." - Mary Frank, artist

"A great solar cookbook. 'Cooking with Sunshine' captures the fun and convenience many of us enjoy every sunny season. Where solar cookers can be used year-round they can save a ton of wood or its equivalent. They could reduce smoke- and water-borne diseases for 1 billion people on earth, and someday soon they will." - Bev Blum, founder of Solar Cookers International and a solar cook for twenty years

"An excellent book - enjoyable reading, including the excitement and thrill of actually cooking with the sun - with all the information plus wonderful recipes. Thank you for publishing this!" - Sherry Cole, solar cooking pioneer and cofounder of the Kerr-Cole Sustainable Living Cente