Returning food to the sacred
A while back I posted this Food Practice quote: “The kitchen is the best place to find opportunities for meditation. Even washing dishes can bring us closer to inner stillness.” on the Food Practice Facebook page and it sparked some interesting comments on the page and in email. You can imagine there were comments to […]
I would gratefully say that about 98% of the things I have to do throughout my week I love doing. That includes all of it – work, home, leisure, Jon, the dog… whatever. Still, during 6 days of the week I operate on some attempted schedule, a ‘To Do” list, deadlines and commitment to others. […]
Last Summer I wrote a piece on the stewardship of ones kitchen. I shared a bit about how I really wasn’t into cleaning, but it was a lesson in care and really learning the ins and out of my kitchen. It’s interesting and always sweet to me how lessons have a way of spiraling around […]
Let me start by saying that a long time ago, when I first heard of Anthony Bourdain and caught an episode of No Reservations, I wasn’t all that thrilled. He’s a bad boy, and I don’t know… I just wasn’t into the whole, ‘go to different countries and eat the craziest possible thing you can’ […]
“In a sacred kitchen, higher consciousness cooking becomes a stress free meditation by which you clear your mind and restore your connection to the Divine. It is the sacred temple in which your holy alchemy becomes a nourishing flame of beauty in your home and community.” ~The Sacred Kitchen I’m still sitting with this practice […]
The following list on centered dining comes from a book that I turn to almost daily now. Its not really a kitchen reference guide in the traditional sense of the word, but its certainly a guide for my own food practice. I thought to share it now, as we all begin to set tables for […]
