Based on Cooking Off the Grid,
also by Nadia Natali, this cookbook blends 126 tasty, healthful recipes
with lively tales of the Natali family’s adventures living close
to the land—in the wilds of California’s Los Padres
National Forest.
Nadia Natali's varied dishes, suitable for any group or family, are
presented in a simple style that makes them both visually appealing and
effortless, as a sequence of ingredients that correspond to numbered
directions. Each chapter opens with a vivid account of the
family’s trials and triumphs at Blue Heron Ranch, followed by a
particular category of recipes, arranged in seven groupings. Whimsical
illustrations adorn the recipes and embellish the sometimes poignant,
often hilarious stories about raising a family in the wilderness,
running a meditation center, and facing nature’s seemingly
endless challenges—with the Blue Heron Ranch kitchen being the
center around which these events unfold.
Recipes include Blue Heron Ranch Potato Leek Soup, Saturday Market
Quiche, Miso Pine Salmon, Ojai Bouillabaisse, Early Morning Rice Cream,
Aunt Ev’s Cardamom Bundt Cake, and Honey Almond Chai. The Blue Heron Ranch Cookbook
offers culinary and spiritual sustenance to anyone who wants to
experience, or revisit, the pleasures of comforting, communal meals at
Zen and other retreat centers.
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The Blue Heron Ranch
Cookbook
Recipes and Stories from a Zen Retreat Center
by Nadia Natali
North Atlantic Books,
2008
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