A lovely little novel about a culinary journey of the heart from India to England to France and ultimately the Michelin star. Our hero is a chef of renown, and the book is redolent with food preparation and recipes -- all wonderful. But really the book is about globalism and change, and a plea ...
I found this book by accident on the new book shelf at my public library and took it out because I needed a paperback and this story about a Japanese Buddhist priest sent to Brooklyn to start a temple sounded offbeat. It was a treasure! The main character, Seido Oda, was raised mostly in a Buddhi...
A clash of East & West. The buddhist priest coming from a contemplative life removed from temple politics is thrown into the midst of a building project in New York. Any group attempting to get along with each other creates stress. Handling it is the problem. Things do work out as their are a num...
Just furious.” Madame Verdun, shocked by her own vehemence, quickly turned her attention back to the coffee table to pour us a smoky tea from china that had once belonged to her grandmother. She sat at the edge of the white silk couch exquisitely embroidered with birds-of-paradise, and the image ...