The Mindful Cook: Finding Awareness, Simplicity, and Freedom in the Kitchen - Tapa dura

Offering a spiritual approach to the art of cookery, a collection of essays, exercises, and recipes helps would-be cooks find fulfillment, satisfaction, and joy in the experience of food preparation. 25,000 first printing. Tour.

umor and vitality, Isaac Cronin's words renew our capacity to delight, to be filled with life. Flavorful recipes welcome our hearts and hands to cook and be nourished.  Our presence in the kitchen makes all the difference."  
--Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest, author of The Tassajara Bread Book and Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings

The inner game of cooking--a book of essays, exercises, and recipes designed to help experienced cooks and nov-ices alike find joy and fulfillment in the experience of food preparation.

Many people enjoy cooking; others dread it. This book is for people who want to learn to love it. The Mindful Cook draws on two traditions--meditation, as practiced in East-ern spirituality, and mindfulness, as outlined by Western psychologists and in books like Diane Ackerman's Deep Play--to help experienced cooks and novices alike find a sense of wonder and fulfillment in the essential human a