- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Cookbooks (Aug 5 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060553332
- ISBN-13: 978-0060553333
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
Vegetarian and Zen in persuasion, this volume is beautifully conceived: not only does Vitell search various culinary traditions for unusual yet appropriate offerings--sushi, raita, couscous, crepes, tostadas--but Morningstar, a Buddhist nun, calls on pen and ink to set the scene with improvisational abandon: a frog opens the soup chapter; a rough-and ready tomato sits on the guacamole page, as if about to burst in two. Sophisticated simplicity is Vitell's apparent standard; her recipes have a spare purity, and though her directions are thankfully replete with the usual details, she supplies unusual asides: Buddhist stories, jokes, or evocative prose to usher in a meal. So while Zen taste may not be everyone's, the book is unfailingly impressive in conception and execution, and may very well win converts. Illustrated.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Bettina Vitell has successfully wedded her lively palate with a purposeful sense of simplicity in the kitchen to create delicious, healthful, and unpretentious recipes. That they are vegetarian is incidental; this food will excite any lover who values fresh imaginative cooking." -- Jeanne Lemlin, author of Quick Vegetarian Pleasures
"A Taste of Heaven and Earth has the right proportions of heaven and earth. It doesn't gag our throats with philosophy, but rather seasons our cooking and eating with small morsels of reflection. It's a wonderful book to read, taste... and keep forever. It knows that cooking with care is more important than just about anything, and that food is a sacred path to soul." -- Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
yummy!,
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This review is from: A Taste Of Heaven And Earth: A Zen Approach To Cooking And Eating (Paperback)
As a vegetarian who loves to cook, I have lots of veg or veg-friendly cookbooks, but this one is my absolute favorite. I trust it completely-- every recipe is delicious. My favorites include the light quiche-like vegetable tarts (I started with the tomato and chard tart recipe, but then branched out into mushrooms, broccoli, leeks, etc, as my mood strikes) and the broccoli salad with chili lime basil dressing. The simple stir-fry tofu made for this salad is the absolute best tofu I've ever had-- the only trouble with it is how hard it is to refrain from eating it so that enough ends up in the salad!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent recipes; the Zen link is tenuous,
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This review is from: A Taste Of Heaven And Earth: A Zen Approach To Cooking And Eating (Paperback)
A "Zen" approach to cooking? The book features an essay by Eido Shimano roshi, and the author is informed by her experiences cooking for the sangha at Dai Bosatsu monastery, but this book stands most prominently as a fine vegetarian cookbook, light on dairy ingredients and hard-to-find items. The recipes are clear, uncomplicated, and my own "success" rate with them has been very high.The book's sections are organized into breakfast ideas, an excellent chapter of soup recipes (check out the minty lentil soup - a lentil soup primavera?!?), mexican ideas, pizzas!, great salad ideas, and desserts. Crepes and polenta are also introduced to the beginner or near-beginner.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Zen Cooking,
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This review is from: A Taste Of Heaven And Earth: A Zen Approach To Cooking And Eating (Paperback)
Excellent book easy to use and read, Food is excellent
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