"If you have any doubt about choosing between a self-help book and this one, don't hesitate to learn your radish teachings". -- Thomas Moore, bestselling author of Care of the SoulFor more than 30 years, cooking has sustained and enriched Ed Brown's life. A Zen priest and a master chef, he has found that cooking is healing, meditative, artful and joyous; preparing each meal can be an act of generosity and love.In "Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings", he brings together his practice of both Zen meditation and cooking to tell stories that delight our spirits -- and teach us how to create many of his most beloved recipes, from ginger muffins to potato leek soup. Here is a book for the willing cook in all of us -- an inspiration for everyone who enjoys the pleasure of a great cook's company."Remember when you were a kid -- the best apples, the most delicious small adventures. This book is like that. Flavorful, crisp, playful, and wise.

A marvelous treat". -- Jack Kornfield, author of APath with Heart"Brown uses humor at the slightest provocation.(He) never sounds pompous, even when his insights display a measurable quantity of profound thinking". -- San Francisco Chronicle.