Curds and the Middle Way
You can't get enlightened on an empty stomach
On Food
The Joy of Mindful Cooking
Laura Fraser on practicing awareness in the kitchen
The Bhikkhu Diet
Get the body of a bhikkhu—or your alms back.
Leavening Spirit
When I asked my Zen teacher, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, if he had any advice for working in the kitchen, he said, “When you wash the rice, wash the rice. When you cut the carrots, cut the…
Slow and Sincere
from "Wake Up and Cook"
Wake Up and Cook
E is for Ego
How to Cook a Macrobiotic Meal in a Hotel Room
Joy can be found in the simplest activities.
Birds of Paradox
The late Karmapa loved birds. Westerners called the regal guru “the St. Francis of Tibet,” for he was often seen at his monastery in Bhutan with birds perched on his shoulders or eating from his hand.…
Instructions for the Tenzo
On the importance of the head cook in Zen monasteries
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