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This cookbook brings to a Western readership the information needed for buying, cooking and maintaining a healthy, varied and delicious diet based on the sound principles of a Zen monastery kitchen. The food is vegetarian, and the three bowl combinations are nutritionally and aesthetically balanced to satisfy both bodily and spiritual needs. A hundred and twenty seasonal recipes - forty three-bowl menus - are seasoned with Zen stories, haiku and tales of Zen masters. The recipes have been created on the basis of Zen principles, and adapted to appeal to British and European tastes and available foodstuffs. They include Winter Squash Soup, Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Potato Salad with Rocket and Olives, Pasta with Avocado Sauce, Pan-Fried Risotto with Hot Tomato Sauce, Vegetable Paella, White Beans with Basil and Roasted Fennel. Also included is practical information on buying ingredients, preparation techniques, cooking methods and stocking the store cupboard.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Simple recipes using fresh seasonal vegetarian ingredients. Moving through the 4 seasons, each section offers really delicious and easy to make meals. I loved the Green Beans with Ginger and Miso, and the Penne with Roasted Squash.
It has an interesting introduction that explains the philosophy behind the recipes.Well worth buying if you like vegetarian food and need some imaginative new recipes to try out.
One of the authors cooks at the Zen Mountain Centre Ca.
It has an interesting introduction that explains the philosophy behind the recipes.Well worth buying if you like vegetarian food and need some imaginative new recipes to try out.
One of the authors cooks at the Zen Mountain Centre Ca.
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Recipes that work!
24 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
I know that recipes that actually produce edible food should be standard in cookbooks, but that isn't the case. This book, though, is full of knockouts. I've made about 25 of the dishes, and each one was fantastic. What I really like is that each spread in the book is a complete meal, taking away the need to worry about what would pair well with what. I wish other cookbooks were so well thought out.
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
3 bowls, 5 stars
18 April 2002
Format:Hardcover
This book is a wonder. Essentially, all the menus come in balanced threes, and are also split up by season. Spring brings feta spaghetti, shredded carrot and apple salad, and minted lemonade; Summer and muesli, warm fruit compote, and spicy chai; Fall's penne with sweet onions, beet salad, and garlic lemon rasam, Winter brings polenta, black bean soup and braised endive (and I don't even like endives!)
The recipes are generally short and easy to accomplish with few ingredients, and are balanced well so that you can start one, move on to the next, and finish the last in time for the beginning of a meal. The text is thoughtful and fun, full of anecdotes on monastery life, zen koans, and a upbeat spirituality -- it reminds us to be mindful while cooking, that it's not just something we do to get over with so we can stoke an engine, but that it's a worthwhile activity unto itself -- something people often forget.
The recipes themselves are from all styles and nationalities -- italian polenta, japanese miso, spanish paella, swiss oats, greek tzatziki... 120 recipes in total, 40 menus. Everything here is vegetarian, but I would recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to not only widen their repertoire of international recipes, but also to anyone who wants to slow down, start with some basics, and be reminded of how simple, worthwhile, and truly fulfilling cooking can be.
43 of 49 people found the following review helpful
simple, easy, great for the coffee table
23 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover
I'm not a typical cook book buyer (mainly I buy fiction from Amazon) But a vegetarian diet and a desire to cook more led me to purchase this book. recipes are easy, some more complicated. All are healthy, and the photos and the book cover demand to be displayed on the coffee table, not hidden in a kitchen drawer.
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