In the city of Villaseca, Chile there is a restaurant that cooks with solar ovens.
With a grant of $10,000 from the United Nations Development Program, 26 families and Villaseca formed an organization called the Association of Solar Artisans of Villaseca, which now runs the aptly named Solar Restaurant.
The restaurant's kitchen looks like a school science experiment, 10 orange boxes in a staggered row.
Although the restaurant opened its doors just 11 months ago and diners must travel on a bumpy dirt road to its hillside location, it's already a hit. On weekends, about 60 customers a day come to enjoy their specialties: sweet bread; casserole, a stew of meat and roasted milk or flan for dessert. It takes two hours to cook the bread and about three hours to cook a stew.
Sometimes, groups of up to 40 people are rejected as the restaurant accommodates only 24 diners at a time. Your organic garden can't keep up with demand. Most of the clients are foreign tourists on organized trips.
Solar ovens do not produce smoke, which has environmental, safety and health benefits, since no polluting gases are emitted and food does not acquire free radicals.
Meanwhile, villagers say their main goal is to spread this alternative technology of solar ovens and stoves. Several have already praised the virtues of solar ovens on TV shows and have received calls from other small towns asking for advice on how to build the furnaces.
The idea is to show the world the wonders of solar energy, not only to Chile and its people, but to all (international) organizations that could finance solar energy projects for people with limited resources.
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Authors: Val
