I like to do things the natural way when cooking. Since my kitchen gets really hot when I cook, I would like to try a solar oven. Is it really possible to cook with solar and how can I make an oven? – ...

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 ...

On one ordinary day back in 2012, a hefty envelope turned up in my snail mail containing a very kind letter along with a mechanical drawing so detailed it made me want to chew my hair. The sender ...

Last summer when our power was out for a week, Ireally 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 ...

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 ...

Every Boy Scout or Girl Guide probably had the experience of building a simple solar oven: an insulated box, some aluminum foil, and plastic wrap, and voila! On warm, sunny, summer days, you can bake.

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 ...