The Solar Food Dryer: How to Make and Use Your Own Low-Cost, High Performance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator

Excellent resource for building a solar dehydrator. Complete easy to follow instructions. Can't wait to get mine built.

The book explains the how and why of solar drying. I had been thinking about it as I dry quite a bit of produce/herbs each summer using an electrical dryer which is costly at this time. The solar dryers shown in the book would be for someone who dries small amounts at a time, but I have the concept and can build a unit(s) which could dry the amount of produce I process each year.

If you do any kind of homemaking, preserving, growing of your own food, etc., then you absolutely need to get this book! This will give you low-cost and realistic way to preserve your food naturally and in a way that keeps it tasting great! The step-by-step instructions for building the author's food dryer are top-notch and easy to follow, even for the non-mechanically inclined. My only wish is that the author had included plans for the other food dryers mentioned, though a quick Google will supply this, so it's not really necessary.

This book is very informational about the food dryer design promoted in the book. I wish it had a little more information about the pros and cons of other solar dryer designs.

Fodor has written a book to be used, not simply read. The first part deals with the theory and physical facts of solar drying, while the second tells how to make a dryer. Next comes a section on preparing food to dry, followed by a brief group of recipes and, finally, some very handy appendices. Fodor writes clearly and handles details well.