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Three Bowl Cookbook (Hardcover)

~ David Scott (Author), Tom Pappas (Author)

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"Three Bowl Cookbook," is by Tom Pappas, tenzo, or head cook, in Zen Mountain Center in Southern California, and David Scott. The idea here was clearly to provide an abundance of recipes, sorted again by season, with a minimum of text. There are some 80 pages of recipes, from white bean and roasted garlic puree to winter squash soup and unusual dishes like basmati rice with grilled eggplant chutney. The beauty of these dishes is in their straightforwardness, assuring that any of us can prepare them easily. (Beliefnet, July 2000) -- From Beliefnet

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According to the fifteen-hundred-year-old tradition of Oriyoki, monks of a Zen monastery receive their meals in three bowls. Though adhering to the Zen way of simplicity, the food they eat is anything but boring. Now authors David Scott and Tom Pappas bring the succulent pleasures of a Zen monastery kitchen to Western readers, offering one-hundred-and-twenty delicious recipes-forty three-bowl menus-along with fascinating Zen stories and enlightening haiku. Three Bowl Cookbook is a delightful way to bring the healthy, delectable foods of an age-old way of life into modern kitchens.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (April 15, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804832390
ISBN-13: 978-0804832397
Product Dimensions: 8 x 7.9 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #761,136 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Recipes that work!, May 24, 2000

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I know that recipes that actually produce edible food should be standard in cookbooks, but that isn't the case. This book, though, is full of knockouts. I've made about 25 of the dishes, and each one was fantastic. What I really like is that each spread in the book is a complete meal, taking away the need to worry about what would pair well with what. I wish other cookbooks were so well thought out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 3 bowls, 5 stars, April 18, 2002

By	B. J Murray "rumplestimpskin" (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a wonder. Essentially, all the menus come in balanced threes, and are also split up by season. Spring brings feta spaghetti, shredded carrot and apple salad, and minted lemonade; Summer and muesli, warm fruit compote, and spicy chai; Fall's penne with sweet onions, beet salad, and garlic lemon rasam, Winter brings polenta, black bean soup and braised endive (and I don't even like endives!)

The recipes are generally short and easy to accomplish with few ingredients, and are balanced well so that you can start one, move on to the next, and finish the last in time for the beginning of a meal. The text is thoughtful and fun, full of anecdotes on monastery life, zen koans, and a upbeat spirituality -- it reminds us to be mindful while cooking, that it's not just something we do to get over with so we can stoke an engine, but that it's a worthwhile activity unto itself -- something people often forget.

The recipes themselves are from all styles and nationalities -- italian polenta, japanese miso, spanish paella, swiss oats, greek tzatziki... 120 recipes in total, 40 menus. Everything here is vegetarian, but I would recommend this book to anyone who is wanting to not only widen their repertoire of international recipes, but also to anyone who wants to slow down, start with some basics, and be reminded of how simple, worthwhile, and truly fulfilling cooking can be.

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5.0 out of 5 stars simple, easy, great for the coffee table, March 23, 2000

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I'm not a typical cook book buyer (mainly I buy fiction from Amazon) But a vegetarian diet and a desire to cook more led me to purchase this book. recipes are easy, some more complicated. All are healthy, and the photos and the book cover demand to be displayed on the coffee table, not hidden in a kitchen drawer.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Betrayal of zen is impossible
I've been to the monastery where these recipes were created, and believe me, the food is excellent! Can't wait to try them at home. Read more

Published on April 19, 2005 by Pet Dander

4.0 out of 5 stars Three Bowl
I have really enjoyed this cookbook. It does make use of some dairy products, but I just omit or substitute for them. Read more

Published on September 6, 2003 by J A Starr

5.0 out of 5 stars Am so happy I bought this book........
This is such a wonderfully useful book and the chapter or section on the philosophy of food in Zen was worth the price of the book. Read more

Published on July 8, 2003 by MotherLodeBeth

1.0 out of 5 stars Betrayal of Zen
This book is enlightening; enlightening about Zen Capitalism. You know... the kind of profiteering off of new age spirituality that goes on nowadays... Read more

Published on March 15, 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Good apart from the use of dairy products
This book is the first cookbook I bought although I didn't think the inclusion of dairy products is appropriate. Leaving this aside I think I will get a lot of use from this book.

Published on September 4, 2002 by Ford Prefect

5.0 out of 5 stars Tasty treats
Somewhat reminiscent of Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow, this massive tome puzzled me for years until Mssrs Scott and Pappas's macabre vision of one's relation to oneself finally... Read more

Published on March 10, 2002 by Tsewang

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Bowl Cookbook
As a woman who recently found my passion for cooking, I have recently bought several cookbooks, this being one of the best! Read more

Published on April 20, 2001

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