Last summer when our power was out for a week, I really thought about how much we depend on electricity. While my family was lucky enough to have a generator and gas grill, the generator wasn't ...

Food poisoning is real, y'all. And stunts like that, while certainly a fun way to demonstrate just how much hotter San Antonio is than the rest of the country, are an exceedingly easy way to subject ...

Dear Jim: I want to use solar energy to cook some foods, such as steaming rice, veggies, etc. because my kitchen gets very hot. Is this feasible? Can I buy a solar cooker or do I have to try to build ...

Panel solar cookers are simple to make and can be used at home or on the go. Beyond cooking food, they can perform myriad other tasks. Make this portable solar cooker DIY project that also doubles as ...

A research group from Ghana has developed a solar PV-powered steam cooker (ISESC) with sand-based thermal energy storage (TES). “The potential of sand, given its thermal stability and low cost, has ...

In a remarkable development, a team of visionaries in Bhubaneswar has introduced an innovative solar-powered cooking stove ...

Cooking with a solar oven requires one key ingredient that I lacked this weekend: sunshine. Experts will share tips on working through this, and other, pesky problems at a solar... Cooking acorn ...

Even at the ripe of age of 79, I am living proof of the old adage, “You learn something new every day.” Recently, I was visiting someone who had a solar cooker on her deck. I don’t think I’d ever seen ...

It's noon on a sunny Monday. We meet Carolyn Olang at her rural home in Rairi Village, Migori County. She is preparing lunch after a long day of work weeding her farm. I am expecting to see smoke and ...