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- Rome - Ancient Roman Cooking
- Solar Cooking Resources (SolarCooking.org)
Provides sources of information on solar cooking.
- Solar Cooking Design for Villages (SolarCooking.org)
Provides the design for a very effective solar oven, using foil, cardboard, and plastic.
- Solar Cooking Designs for Villages (SolarCooking.org)
Provides a variety of designs for a very effective solar ovens, using primarily foil, cardboard, and plastic.
- Solar Cooking Facts (SolarCooking.org)
Provides basic facts for efficient solar cooking and boiling water. (Water can also be made safe by heating it to only 150 degrees for 20 minutes, pasteurizing it rather than boiling it.)
- Solar Cooking Boxes (JourneytoForever.org)
Shows how to build a solar cooker using a cardboard box. "Research has found that 36% of the world's fuelwood needs (or 350 million tonnes of wood per year, according to UNICEF) could be replaced by solar box cookers, saving 500 kg of wood per family per year, equalling millions of trees." 10-04
- Solar Cooking Boxes (SolarCookers.org)
Sells the Cookit for $25. Sells other solar cookers also. 05-08
- Solar Cooking Resources (JourneytoForever.org)
Provides comprehensive resources for inexpensive, hand-made solar cookers. 10-04
- Solar Cooking Hints (SolarCooking.org)
Describes how to cook different foods in a solar cooker. 10-04
- Cooking Without Teflon or Much Oil (New York Times)
"DuPont, the manufacturer of Teflon, says that its pans are safe and that their surfaces won't decompose, possibly releasing the gas, until the pan's temperature reaches 680 degrees. Some scientists say that an empty pan left on a burner set on high reaches 700 degrees in as little as three minutes." The author rejected the "non-stick" pans and looked for alternatives. "The most important characteristic was how close the pans came to having the nonstick qualities people love about Teflon. Can they sauté and brown, even without oil? Almost as important, how easy are they to clean?"
"After all the tests, there was one pan I fell for: Le Creuset. It is easy to clean, and because of its enamel finish, acidic foods can be cooked without changes to color or taste. The cast iron pans were a very close second." 9-05
- Solar Power Cooking and Water Pasteurizing
- Vegetarian - Vegan Recipes (VeganSociety.com)
"There is a popular misconception that veganism is all about depriving yourself of certain foods. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just to prove it to you, we've put together a few of our favourite recipes - you might notice that the balance is slightly skewed in favour of cakes..."
"If you can't find the type of recipe you're looking for, try doing a search. We've linked this section into the International Vegetarian Union's recipe pages and they've got nearly 2000 vegan dishes from around the world. Even if you have a different meal every day of the year, that should last you about five and a half years, so get cooking!" 12-04
- Recipes (Betty Crocker)
Provides recipes for main dishes, desserts, side dishes and more. Allows you to search by dish or ingredient. Also provides helpful information for measurements, substitutions, and microwave cooking.
- Recipe Search (Family.com)
Provides recipes when you provide a key ingredient. Dictionary provides cooking terms, ingredients, or utensils based on a keyword or a first letter. Also includes a recipe box, eight cookbooks, and a meal planner.
- Recipes (Epicurious)
Provides many sources of information related to cooking, including many kinds of recipes, and also links to travel. 2-00
- Math Conepts in Daily Life (Annenberg)
Provides examples of the applications of math to explain basic concepts, such as probability, population statistics, savings and credit, cooking by numbers, and more. 4-00
- Solar Oven Experiment (Ethan)
Provides results of a student experiment on inexpensive (homemade) solar ovens. Found that adding a steel plate inside of a solar oven makes it hotter and also keeps it hotter longer. Also found that a shiny interior results in higher heat than a dark interior color. The oven used a cardboard box inside a cardboard box, covered with a plastic baking bag, to collect and store heat. Suggested improvements included adding another layer or two of cardboard boxes (for increased insulation), another layer of baking bag, and angling the interior surfaces to focus heat more directly on the food to be cooked. 6-01
- Fat - McDonald's Reduces Harmfulness of Fries (Chicago Tribune - Sachdev)
"The Oak Brook fast-food giant said today it will switch to a new cooking oil that is healthier for its customers’ diets. It claimed the oil will halve the trans fatty acids in its french fries while increasing the amount of the more beneficial polyunsaturated fat."
"Reducing the trans fatty acids, however, won’t lower the calorie counts. A package of small fries still has 210 calories and 10.2 grams of fat." 9-02
- Solar Cookers - Parabolic Resources (Ashok)
Describes parabolic solar cooking devices. 10-04
- Evaluation of Solar Cookers (Ashok)
Describes results of the evaluation of several designs for solar cookers. 10-04
- Making a Parabolic Solar Cooker (Virtane)
Describes how to make a parabolic solar cooker. 10-04
- Making a Box Solar Cooker (SolarCooking.org)
Describes how to make a box solar cooker. 10-04
- Foil for Solar Cookers (ClearDome Solar)
Sells heavy duty aluminum foil for solar designs. Awesome Library does not endorse this product but provides it as an example. 05-08
- Child, Julia (MSNBC news)
"Since the 1980s, she devoted attention to promoting the serious study of food and cooking. She co-founded the American Institute of Wine and Food in San Francisco in 1981 and co-founded the James Beard Foundation in New York City in 1986." 01-05
- Trans Fats, Partially Hydrogenated Oils (BanTransFats.com)
"Partial hydrogenation is an industrial process used to make a perfectly good oil, such as soybean oil, into a perfectly bad oil. The process is used to make an oil more solid, provide longer shelf-life in baked products, provide longer fry-life for cooking oils, and provide a certain kind of texture or 'mouthfeel.' The big problem is that partially hydrogenated oil is laden with lethal trans fat." 9-05
- -10-30-06 KFC to Reduce Use of Trans Fats (MSNBC News)
"KFC said Monday it is phasing out trans fats in cooking its Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken, Potato Wedges and other menu items, but hasn’t found a good alternative yet for its biscuits." 10-06
- Homemade Water Pasteurizer (SolarCooking.org)
Provides directions that use a soda bottle and a soda can. 01-07
- -01-29-07 McDonald's to Go "Trans-Fat Free" (USA Today)
"McDonald's (MCD) has finally selected a new trans-fat-free oil for cooking its famous french fries after years of testing, the fast-food chain said Monday." 01-07
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich (MSNBC News)
"It’s easy to overlook the grilled cheese as a culinary delight. Reminiscent of rainy childhood afternoons, and most typically prepared with highly processed ingredients, this hot sandwich can in fact yield an opportunity for fresh and delicious experimentation — even for the most cooking-averse grown ups." 03-07
- -Disinfecting Water with a UV Lamp (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Gadgil)
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation through the UV Waterworks 2.0 is used to sanitize water for small communities. "The requirement of drinking water is estimated at 4 liters (1 gallon) per person per day for direct use. Including use for washing pots and pans, and use in cooking etc., Indian health ministry estimates 7 liters per person per day as more than adequate. Our design goal is 10 liters (2 and a half gallons) per person per day."
"Officers in India's National Drinking Water Mission consider a cost of 20¢ per person per year affordable. With UV Waterworks, it costs about 7¢ per person annually to disinfect his/her 10 liters of drinking water per day, about three times lower than the upper cost limit stated above. (This estimate assumes that UV Waterworks is used to supply disinfected drinking water for a community of 1000 persons.)"
Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples. 07-07
- -07-25-07 Solar Cookers Taking Off in Dafur (Christian Science Monitor)
"The aim: Supply families with solar cookers and teach women in refugee camps new cooking skills so they don't have to burn wood." 07-07
- -07-31-07 Barely Surviving with Water Shortage in Dafur (Christian Science Monitor)
"With Darfur refugee women waiting up to two days for their chance to fill buckets at a communal water point, it's only a matter of time before bickering turns into a full-fledged fight."
"In the 115-degree F. heat of the Touloum refugee camp, just across Sudan's border in eastern Chad, the stakes are high. Refugees receive only 4.5 liters, on average, per family member – just enough for drinking and cooking. A family that misses its day or gets shoved aside at the water pump may not survive." 07-07
- Cisterns (Wikipedia.org)
"Cisterns are commonly used in areas where water is scarce, either because it is rare or because it has been depleted due to heavy use. Early on the water was used for many purposes, including cooking, irrigation, and washing. Present day cisterns are often only used for irrigation, due to concerns over water quality. Cisterns today can also be outfitted with filters or other water purification methods when the water is meant for consumption. A few people leave their cisterns open to catch rain, or have more elaborate rain-catching systems. It is recommended in these cases to have a system that does not leave the water open to mosquitoes or algae, which are attracted to the water and then carry disease to nearby humans." 08-07
- Biosand Filters (CleanWaterforHaiti.org)
Provides a diagram showing how the filter works. "The Biosand filter has gained recognition for various reasons. It is a simple design that uses basic materials that are readily available and inexpensive. The simplicity of design allows for easy production and ease of transport. There are no moving parts, it requires no electricity and only one square foot of space to sit on. The use is very simple to the point that even young children can use and understand the importance of the filter. With proper usage education and simple, regular maintenance a filter will last for an indefinite period of time. The filter is able to solve the problem of treating multiple water sources and because it removes all four types of pathogens – bacteria, protozoa, viruses and worms – the water can be used for drinking, bathing, cooking and other general household use. Two weeks after installation a Biosand filter will remove 98.9% of all bacteria present in the water, but upon installation testing has shown that the filter will remove all worms and protozoa, most viruses and a high percentage of bacteria which leads to an immediate improvement in water quality." 10-07
- Water Footprints (Waterfootprint.org)
"People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint of an individual, business or nation is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual, business or nation."
"The water footprint of a nation shows the total volume of water that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the inhabitants of the nation. Since not all goods consumed in one particular country are produced in that country, the water footprint consists of two parts: use of domestic water resources and use of water outside the borders of the country. The water footprint includes both the water withdrawn from surface and groundwater and the use of soil water (in agricultural production)." 08-08
- -09-02-08 Ceramic May Cut Microwave Cost in Half (ABC News)
"Baking dishes made from an exotic ceramic material could speed up the rate at which microwave ovens cook food, reducing the energy needed for cooking."
" 'The microwave-ware saves about 50% energy compared to the conventional microwave ware,' says Komarneni. A ceramic rice cooker constructed using the new foam takes just 10 minutes to prepare rice instead of 20-30 minutes using conventional ovenware." 09-08
- Cardboard Boxes Make Solar Oven (CNN News)
"When Jon Bohmer sat down with his two little girls for a simple project they could work on together, he didn't realize they'd hit upon a solution to one of the world's biggest problems for just $5: A solar-powered oven." 04-09
- Pyrolysis (Wikipedia.org)
"Residues of incomplete organic pyrolysis, e.g. from cooking fires, are thought to be the key component of the terra preta soils associated with ancient indigenous communities of the Amazon basin.[1] Terra preta is much sought by local farmers for its superior fertility compared to the natural red soil of the region. Efforts are underway to recreate these soils through biochar, the solid residue of pyrolysis of various materials, mostly organic waste." 05-09
- Flanagan Biochar Stove (TerraPreta.com)
"Now, climate-conscious housewives can proudly have a carbon negative kitchen to capture carbon with every meal and pot of tea. A wide variety of fibrous organic matter—cornstalks, nut shells, bamboo, wood chips, straw—can be stacked in the box, then ignited at the burner. The stove can be reloaded with more fuel to use for cooking as long as needed. A recent demonstration of the stove with corncobs ran for 25 minutes and boiled 10 liters of water before charcoal remaining was taken out." Awesome Library does not endorse the products but provides them as examples. 05-09
- Biomass Cook Stoves (TreeHugger.com)
"The problems: 1) Indoor air pollution in the developing world caused by cooking fires and sooty illumination results in an estimated 1.6 million deaths per year, 2) Deforestation resulting from over use of wood as an energy source causes serious ecosystem degradation in many parts of the developing world."
"A solution, as Envirofit sees it: New cookstoves, which while still burning biomass (wood, crop waste, dried animal dung) reduce indoor air pollution by 80%, reduce fuel usage by 50% and decrease cooking times by 40%."
Awesome Library does not endorse these products but provides them as examples. 05-09
- Biomass Cook Stoves (TriplePundit.com)
"Biomass typically consists of organic materials like wood, crop waste, or animal dung, and for many households in places like India, is the main source of fuel for activities like cooking. Developed at the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University, the cook stoves were engineered to burn traditionally used biomass materials more efficiently." 05-09
- Recipe Search (Foods.com)
Provides recipes when you provide a key ingredient. Dictionary provides cooking terms, ingredients, or utensils based on a keyword or a first letter. Also includes a recipe box, eight cookbooks, and a meal planner.
- -07-31-07 Barely Surviving with Water Shortage in Dafur (Christian Science Monitor)
"With Darfur refugee women waiting up to two days for their chance to fill buckets at a communal water point, it's only a matter of time before bickering turns into a full-fledged fight."
"In the 115-degree F. heat of the Touloum refugee camp, just across Sudan's border in eastern Chad, the stakes are high. Refugees receive only 4.5 liters, on average, per family member – just enough for drinking and cooking. A family that misses its day or gets shoved aside at the water pump may not survive." 07-07
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