I can't remember the last time I baked sugar cookies. I don't have the patience, let alone the skill, for fancy decoration. Food coloring or decorating sugars are not things I keep on hand, and, at least until now, it was hard to fit very many cookies in the Sun Oven...

This autumn-colored soup is perfect on a cold winter's night. Cook the base in the Sun Oven then gently reheat it at dinner time adding the final touches as it simmers on the stove. You'll need a large 5 to 6 quart pot and will most likely have to remove the leveling...

This simple almond cake is a traditional Italian recipe and one of my favorites. It has a firm, but fairly light texture and is an ideal mid-afternoon snack. I hadn't baked one in a long time so when there didn't seem to be enough batter to fill the pan I thought my...

A cross between a muffin and a biscuit, these savory muffins can be served in place of bread. They go great with soup or salads. The recipe yields up to one and a half dozen muffins that can be baked in two batches. Use two cross-stacked six-muffin tins or silicone...

No meal is complete without at least one side dish. Luckily, even when you're using a large roasting pan, there's almost always enough room in the Sun Oven to squeeze in some veggies. These roasted carrots are the perfect accompaniment to the Chicken Masala recipe in...

Adding potato to bread produces a moist, springy loaf. The saffron adds an aromatic flavor and rich hue to this bread. It goes well with cheese and roast vegetables. Ingredients 1 large potato, about 8 ounces, peeled 1 teaspoon saffron threads 1 egg 4 cups unbleached...

This is my twist on Spanakopita (phyllo pie with spinach and feta) made with Swiss chard. If you can't find chard at your market go ahead and use spinach. Either way it's good served warm or at room temperature. Ingredients 2 pounds Swiss chard 1 tablespoon olive oil...

This simple chicken dish has to marinate at least 2 hours. Unless you don't mind chopping garlic and cutting up chicken before breakfast it's probably best to marinate it overnight. Garam masala is an Indian spice mixture that can be found in many supermarkets and at...

While I'd hardly classify the day and a half we had without power as an extreme emergency situation, after all, only a few hundred homes in our neighborhood were affected and at nearby stores and restaurants it was business as usual, it was good practice and I did...

We were among the thousands of Los Angeles area residents without power after the massive windstorm Thursday night so I finally got to use my Sun Oven in an emergency situation. What did I make? Cookies, of course. I thought, based on the estimate given to us by the...