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| Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings | 
 enlarge | Author: Edward Espe Brown
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 750424
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 293
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 1573220388
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5
EAN: 9781573220385
ASIN: 1573220388
Publication Date: April 14, 1997
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 Eihei Dogen would be proud of his student! November 26, 2007
Edward Espe Brown teaches Buddhism through the compassionate observation of the ordinary, in an extraordinary way. All this and recipes too! Let's hope that another publisher picks up this book and bundles it with the DVD of his film "How to Cook Your Life". Four stars and nine bows!
Enlightenment through your skillet November 28, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is THE Zen book by Edward Brown that should be in print. Alas, it is not! Yes, I know that Edward Espe Brown is famous for the Tassajara Bread Book and "Not Always So," his lovingly edited lectures by Shunryu Suzuki. And yet, while the bread book was steadfastly telling us how to make bread and Suzuki roshi is sharing with us talks on the zen life, this is the book that puts them together. Can we use cooking to find our original mind in everyday life? Chopping firewood and carrying water... Here in "Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings," the food is not only prepared, but the food prepares us. Together we realize the way, and make beautiful music in the kitchen.
Excellent autobiography of a chef February 11, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
As someone who a) loves autobiographies and b) reads everything I can about chefs, food and cooking, I loved this book through and through. It is a surprisingly humble story about how Edward Espe Brown became the great chef and teacher that he is. He writes in the same simple style that won me over years ago in the Tassajara Bread Book. I don't believe he intended this book of "Recipes and Reflections" to be considered a cookbook (since he's already done so many of those by himself and with others), but to inspire cooks and would-be cooks to explore the wonders of the Universe, via food or any other avenue they might choose. For me it was very inspiring, both personally and professionally, and for some reason I often think of this book and the things he's said, though I read it over a year ago. Since I didn't try any of the recipes scattered throughout (although I found some good ideas in them) I cannot comment on that. Just, I've found this to be one of the most enjoyable and encouraging reads on cooking, teaching and life in general.
Highly Recommended Food for thought. December 1, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
As much a manual on how to live Zen as a cookbook, Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings guides the reader through a philosophy of cooking based on a philosophy of enjoying life. Brown teaches the reader to trust her own instincts and follow her own tastes, rather than be a slave to his wonderfully simple recipes. Following recipes is not about achieving someone else's idea of perfection -- it's about guiding oneself to new tastes and territories, about gaining new insights and knowledge, and using one's common sense to mediate.
 Buy the other Tassajara cookbooks instead December 3, 2000
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I love both the Tassajara Bread Book and Tassajara Cooking, so I was excited to see that there was a new book in the series. Unfortunately, this book doesn't live up to the other Tassajara books. Each group of recipes is prefaced by a story about Brown's experiences as a chef and Zen priest, and how the two overlap. While it does make for interesting light reading, the anecdotes outweigh the recipies, which aren't terribly good. While I use the other Tassajara cookbooks all the time (and recommend them both) Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings rarely leaves the shelf.
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