The Solar StoveTop Cooker provides means to cook nearly anywhere the sun shines, as environmental book publisher Jack Howell demonstrates. Summer is synonymous with outdoor barbecues, and barbecues with natural gas or lighter fluid and charcoal, all of which pollute.
Solar cookers are the environmentalist's answer to clean, safe outdoor cooking.
A solar hot plate can cook any dish that's prepared on a conventional stove top, and a solar oven can bake breads, casseroles and even desserts. And solar cooks don't have to deal with matches, coals or flammable liquids. The hardest part is building it. I started building the cookers myself just to make sure they really worked. And it's a great way to prepare food.