Dogen Zenji wrote a spiritual manual employing kitchen metaphors: "Instructions to the Cook."
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- Awesome music from Quebec: De Temps Antan: http://...
- Having worked retail, am really glad I don't have ...
- CW: don't let the flame go out.
- NM: morning walk in the High Hills, crystalline 6 ...
- CW: Respect the ingredients; avoid waste.
- CW: Don't dick around with distractions: start whe...
- Don't buy shit today! We exist to make things (obj...
- In wake of Brit Conservative "austerity" (really "...
- Gonzalez admits he knew of Geneva violations: http...
- CW: ultimately, we are ALL part of the food chain.
- CW: typically, creating something is far more sati...
- CW: direct relation: higher incidence of home-cook...
- Colm Toibin: "Looking at Ireland, I don't know whe...
- Lesson learned (again): direct equation: later the...
- NM: bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic, low Novemb...
- James Murphy: "The best way to complain is to make...
- I'm from Up North; "cold weather" is just a remind...
- Amazaing how peaceful it is round here when "cold"...
- This is one of the great Wisdom-bearing Elders of ...
- CW: Keep track of time.
- CW: Accept that the greatest successes will disapp...
- CW: Trust your nose (intuition).
- CW: Pay attention.
- CW: Avoid waste, as it is unaesthetic & disrespect...
- CW: Practice basic skills.
- CW: Memorize the fundamentals.
- CW: Know when to punt.
- CW: Trust your choices.
- CW: Create for the heart & spirit as well as the t...
- CW: Workable improvisation comes from practice & f...
- CW: Clean & store as you go.
- CW: Don't clatter.
- CW: A plan is just a goal + a sense of the right n...
- CW: Clean as you go.
- CW: Use the right tools.
- Herewith "Cook's Wisdowm."
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- Dogen Zenji wrote a spiritual manual employing kit...
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