In Tassajara Dinners & Deserts, readers will not only find recipes filled with the flavor of Zen practice but also stories from past guest cooks, such as Deborah Madison, Ed Brown, Gloria Lee and many others. Their calm and peaceful minds were truly tested behind the doors of the Tassajara kitchen, whose monastic kitchen differs from a normal restaurant kitchen in that the activity of preparing the food is understood to be spiritual practice. The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center teaches that every aspect of one's day can be lived with mindfulness â?? even food preparations and choices of what we eat. Some of the recipes included are Frittata with Caramelized Onions, Goat Cheese and Sage Coconut Curry with Mixed Vegetabl