Tassajara Dinners & Desserts
By (Author) Melissa Kent
By (author) Dale Kent
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
1st April 2009
United States
General
Non Fiction
641.5636
Hardback
223
Width 216mm, Height 267mm, Spine 38mm
1179g
In "Tassajara Dinners and Desserts", readers will not only find recipes filled with the flavor of Zen practice but also stories from past guest cooks, such as Deborah Madison, Ed Brown, Annie Somerville, and many others, whose calm and peaceful minds were truly tested behind the doors of the Tassajara kitchen. The monastic kitchen differs from a normal restaurant kitchen in that the activity of preparing food is understood to be a spiritual practice. "The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center" teaches that every aspect of one's day can be lived with mindfulness - even food preparations and choices of what we eat.
Dale and Melissa Gilbert Kent lived and practiced at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center for seven years. Patrick Tregenza operates a thriving commerical photography studio in downtown Monterey.