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The Rules of the Zen Cook
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Started conversation Jul 15, 2001
I was wondering what people think the Zen Cookbook should contain. What tenets and rules should such a great book have within? What do you think the life of a Zen Cook should be like?
Please post your thoughts below - 
ooooommmm! 
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 16, 2001
Cheesecake. Yes.
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Jul 16, 2001
*bows head to the enlightenment of the cheesecake*
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 16, 2001
But I thought Zen was about restraint, self-control... eating sometimes leads to gluttony, the antithesis of self-control...
OOOMMMMM!!!! 
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Jul 16, 2001
Ah, but what could be more zen than stepping along the tightrope between the two. Its all about balance. 
ommmmmm!
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 16, 2001
Yin and Yang Cheesecake. How profound. One must know darkness in order to know light, one must have worry in order to appreciate relief...
Yes... You are the Zen Master!!!
....may I ask your qualifications for being the Zen Chef!??
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Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Jul 16, 2001
Oh yes
I can't cook
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 16, 2001
Oh... well... wouldn't you be a Tantric Chef then!??
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Jul 16, 2001
No... the idea is to hover between hunger and satisfaction.
I can cook ideas.
ommmmmm!
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jul 16, 2001
Oh... ideas...
Just what every dinner table needs!!!
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FG Posted Aug 9, 2001
I think the essence of being the Zen chef would be breaking down the barrier between the self and food. You do not exist seperately.
You are the cheesecake.
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Aug 11, 2001
OOO... that's a beautiful thought... and I am pleased to meet you!!!
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FG Posted Aug 13, 2001
You have merely met yourself. We are one. And we are the dessert.
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Aug 14, 2001
YAY!!! HAPPY DAY!!!
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Aug 14, 2001
*floats around a bit for a few minutes*
Ommmm!
The Rules of the Zen Cook
FG Posted Aug 14, 2001
Ah, the Zen master. Perhaps you should re-title yourself "Dogen Joe".
Namaste!
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) Posted Aug 14, 2001
I will always be "Joe aka Arnia"
I am the air... ommmmm!
The Rules of the Zen Cook
FG Posted Aug 14, 2001
To get back to your original question, what the Zen Cookbook should contain, the answer is nothing. For, after all, life is Zen. And we are a each a part of the Cookbook. How can you catalog all of existence?
The Rules of the Zen Cook
Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Aug 15, 2001
EASY!!! 42 pages of squiggles!!!
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- 1: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Jul 15, 2001)
- 2: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 16, 2001)
- 3: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Jul 16, 2001)
- 4: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 16, 2001)
- 5: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Jul 16, 2001)
- 6: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 16, 2001)
- 7: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Jul 16, 2001)
- 8: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 16, 2001)
- 9: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Jul 16, 2001)
- 10: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jul 16, 2001)
- 11: FG (Aug 9, 2001)
- 12: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Aug 11, 2001)
- 13: FG (Aug 13, 2001)
- 14: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Aug 14, 2001)
- 15: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Aug 14, 2001)
- 16: FG (Aug 14, 2001)
- 17: Joe aka Arnia, Muse, Keeper, MathEd, Guru and Zen Cook (business is booming) (Aug 14, 2001)
- 18: FG (Aug 14, 2001)
- 19: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Aug 15, 2001)
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