Synopses & Reviews
Edward Brown’s Zen approach to the preparation and enjoyment of delicious food has been changing the way people cook for almost four decades. Here is a compilation drawn from all his previous books, including
Tassajara Cooking,
The Tassajara Recipe Book, and
Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings—along with new recipes and illustrations. Brown’s cooking style focuses on fresh, seasonal ingredients and whole foods. From soups and salads, to sauces and spreads, entrees and desserts, and the pastries and breads he is famous for, Brown presents over three hundred easy-to-make recipes including Cardamom Lemon Soda Bread, Tassajara Spinach Pie, and Tofu Pad Thai.
Brown’s subtle and gentle teachings will inspire even the most apprehensive cook to take to the kitchen. The Complete Tassajara Cookbook urges readers to cook, to have fun cooking, to experiment in the kitchen, and to rejoice in the fact that not all of their dishes will come out perfectly. Brown also provides personal reflections on cooking and the Zen path, offering wonderful insights into living a life that celebrates simple food.
Synopsis
California's Tassajara Zen Mountain Center has long been renowned for its gourmet vegetarian cuisine. In this comprehensive guide to the Tassajara way of cooking, the retreat center–spa's most celebrated chef, Edward Espe Brown, presents hundreds of recipes using fresh, whole foods; detailed notes on preparing seasonal ingredients; and, perhaps most important, inspiration for cooking with joyful intention and attention. Presented with humor and warmth, this book is full of insights for living a life that celebrates simple food.
Synopsis
Gourmet vegetarian recipes from the renowned California retreat center, presented with humor and warmth from one of its most well-known and beloved cooks
California's Tassajara Zen Mountain Center has long been renowned for its gourmet vegetarian cuisine. In this comprehensive guide to the Tassajara way of cooking, the retreat center/spa's most celebrated chef, Edward Espe Brown, presents hundreds of recipes using fresh, whole foods.
In addition to recipes, Brown includes detailed notes on preparing seasonal ingredients and, perhaps most important, inspiration for cooking with joyful intention and attention. Presented with humor and warmth, this book is full of insights for living a life that celebrates simple food.
Synopsis
Featuring gourmet recipes from the renowned Zen retreat center, this vegetarian cookbook is a celebration of cooking, spirituality, and tradition California's Tassajara Zen Mountain Center has long been renowned for its gourmet vegetarian cuisine. In this comprehensive guide to the Tassajara way of cooking, the retreat center/spa's most celebrated chef, Edward Espe Brown, presents hundreds of recipes using fresh, whole foods.
In addition to recipes, Brown includes detailed notes on preparing seasonal ingredients and, perhaps most important, inspiration for cooking with joyful intention and attention. Presented with humor and warmth, this book is full of insights for living a life that celebrates simple food.
About the Author
Edward Espe Brown began cooking and practicing Zen in 1965. He was the first head resident cook at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center from 1967 to 1970. He later worked at the celebrated Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, serving as busboy, waiter, floor manager, wine buyer, cashier, host, and manager. Ordained a priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, he has taught meditation retreats and vegetarian cooking classes throughout North America and Europe. He is the author of several cookbooks and the editor of Not Always So, a book of lectures by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. He is the subject of the critically acclaimed 2007 film How to Cook Your Life.