The Sunny Side of Cooking - Solar cooking and other ecologically friendly cooking methods

What if there was a year-round method of cooking that was low cost, powered by sunlight, non-polluting, and easy to do even in college dorms, apartment balconies and off-the-grid locations? There is: Solar Cooking. Solar cooking is easy everywhere in the U.S., and as far north as Canada, and as far south as Australia. In a solar cooker you can do everything from simmering to poaching, steaming, sautéing, braising, baking, roasting, toasting, pan frying, grilling, canning, medical sterilization, and even making ice (at night!). The Sunny Side of Cooking includes:

• How to choose the right solar cooker for you.
• More than 100 tested vegetarian recipes & tips for cooking.
• Adapt your favorite recipes to a solar cooker.
• Create a year-round sustainable cooking system.

Other Topics from the Table of Contents:

• The basics of solar cooking.
• Anyone can be a solar cook.
• Pots & pans for solar cooking.
• Solar cooking methods.
• Preheating, defrosting & melting.
• Grains, polenta & porridge.
• Beans, lentils & split peas.
• Pasta & dumplings.
• Sautés, roux & gravy.
• Soups & stews.
• Fruit, jam & pie fillings.
• Vegetables.
• Casseroles & one pot meals.
• Tofu, tempeh, seitan & veggie burgers.
• Baked goods. Toasting nuts, seeds, granola & more.
• Solar pasteurization & canning.
• Make ice & cool food!
• The sustainable kitchen.
• Fireless cooking.
• Pressure cooking.
• Earth ovens. Biomass stoves.
• Sustainable cooking resources Appendix (books, websites, DVDs).

Lisa Rayner is an award-winning local foods activist and the author of four food-related books. Her interest in growing, preserving and cooking with locally-grown and fair trade foods goes back more than 25 years.  Her books are known for being thoroughly researched, expertly written and lavishly illustrated. (For much more about Lisa Rayner, see Amazon's Lisa Rayner page.)

128 pages. Dozens of rare and original illustrations. Printed on 100% recycled paper. Plastic comb binding to lay flat while cooking.

Beautifully detailed and informative. I highly recommend The Sunny Side of Cooking 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!

-- Solar cooking pioneer Barbara Prosser Kerr,
Co-inventor of the EcoCookerTM solar box cooker,
Kerr-Cole sustainable Living Center, Taylor, Arizona