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Friday, June 8, 2007 4:41 PM MDT

Long time solar chef, Valerie McCaffrey, shows off a roasted chicken cooked by the sun at last year's Solar Cook-off & Expo. Find out from experts how you can cook with the sun and how it can provide electricity, heat and pump water and cool your home or your food at this year's solar event on Saturday, June 16 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bisbee Farmers Market.

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