Edward Espe Brown on Zen Cooking

Zen cooking means:

cooking as a personal spiritual act

personally selecting foods

recycling leftovers and waste

respect for and hospitality toward guests

an absolutely clean kitchen

use of the freshest seasonal ingredients

the ability to cook anywhere in the world with whatever is on hand

being equally capable of cooking frugally and extravagantly

using food to enhance health

— Edward Espe Brown, Preface to Zen and the Art of Modern Eastern Cooking by Deng Ming-Dao