Three Bowl Cookbook. This item is unavailable.Three Bowl Cookbook

Bringing the pleasures of a Zen monastery kitchen to Western readers, this beautifully illustrated cookbook presents 120 recipes for healthy and tasty dishes from a premiere Zen retreat, accompanied by information on a Zen diet, Zen stories and haiku, and lists on kitchen equipment, ingredients, buying tips, and cooking instructions.

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.