Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings by Edward Espe Brown
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Book Reviews of Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings
Book Review: Delightful, wise and mouth-watering
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm predominatly vegetarian and have many vegetarian cookbooks. To date, this cookbook is my favorite. The recipes are very simple to make yet elegant in both appearance and taste. The best parts of this book, however, are the stories and bits of philosophy that precede each set of recipes. My favorite section has to be the one called "Celebrating Tomatoes," in which the author discusses in colorful metaphor the joy of tomatoes in season. It's the perfect prelude to actually making the tomato salad, during which I have time to meditate on being fully me just as a tomato in season is fully a tomato. If you really want to torture yourself, read this section in the middle of January in upstate NY.
If you enjoy simple, practical wisdom or if you simply enjoy easy, delicious recipes this book will delight you. If you appreciate both this book will become a treasured and fiercly guarded companion.
Book Review: A sacred little cookbook
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this book,used, in an English language bookstore in Oaxaca Mexico. I started to read it like a novel, standing up. I stayed in the store until closing time. Finally the owner asked me to please buy it. So I did. It's the book I always reach for when I just need to calm down and cook. There is so much wisdom in his Buddhist-like approach to the kitchen. I am not sure the recipes are so terrific, but his attitude toward food is worth the price of the book. I have bought gift copies for other spiritual type cooks...people who are grateful for the food they have and who want to bring nutrition,love, and goodness to the people they cook for. If you are lamenting the demise of Gourmet Magazine or your idea of a great meal is a table at Lutèce, this may not be the book for you. But if you are into food as a form of sacred nourishment for your family, buy this book!Book Review: Enlightenment through your skillet
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Book Review: Eihei Dogen would be proud of his student!
Summary: 5 Stars
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!