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Tag archives: cooking and food

Working on Tenzo Zen Cooking Notes…

In the last couple of weeks, with the kitchen work still fresh in my mind since being up at Ardfern with the Zen Group, I started getting some notes jotted …

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6 July, 201330 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: cooking and food, Glasgow Zen Group, Poetry, Soto Zen

Ardfern Zen Retreat – a few recipes from the Tenzo…

Here are a few recipes and images (many thanks to Ylva Champion for her photos) from the kitchen during the retreat. Huge thanks to all that helped with the food …

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14 June, 201330 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: cooking and food, meditation, Scotland, Soto Zen, Zazen

Tokyo and Toyama Washoku (Japanese Food) Excerpts

From the quirky dishes of the lively Izakayas in the East side of Tokyo to Toyama’s famous salty Black Ramen and fish for sushi and sashimi from the rough seas …

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8 January, 20135 August, 2019Posted inCulturalTags: cooking and food, Japan, Tokyo

Colours and shapes in the kitchen…

Enjoying some simple cooking in the last month or so with classic Japanese sauces – the black bream worked out really well baked in foil in a hot oven with …

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23 October, 20125 August, 2019Posted inCulturalTags: cooking and food, Japan

Arran Zen Retreat

In July the Glasgow Zen Group had their summer retreat down at Kilmory in the south of Arran. It was great to have a longer sustained period of Zazen meditation …

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5 August, 201228 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: cooking and food, Japan, meditation, Soto Zen, Zazen

Bruce Peter’s Grand Ferry Tour of Japan

My good friend Bruce Peter (academic at Glasgow School of Art and design and maritime journalist) is recently returned to Scotland after three weeks of travel in Japan, sailing on …

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22 April, 201229 July, 2019Posted inCulturalTags: cooking and food, Japan, photography, Tokyo

Cooking some winter Japanese food

After some Tenzo cooking duties at New Year have been using genmai brown rice more for experimenting with filling chahan dishes, plus simple miso shiru soups like tofu and spring …

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21 February, 20125 August, 2019Posted inCulturalTags: cooking and food, Japan

New Year Zen Retreat

Over the new year weekend I went to the inaugural Glasgow Zen Group retreat, or sesshin, at Kagyu Samye Dzong in Glasgow’s west end. Every morning up at half past …

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10 January, 201228 July, 2019Posted inArt & BuddhismTags: cooking and food, Glasgow Zen Group, Soto Zen, Zazen

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