Showtimes: Sunday, Oct. 7 at 11:05am -This performance SOLD OUT
and Monday, October 8 at 6:30pm -This performance SOLD OUT

Acclaimed German director Doris Dörrie takes us on a delicious journey with Zen priest of cookery, Edward Brown, who is both a master Chef and a Zen master. Author of the celebrated “Tassajara Bread Book,” he was instrumental in establishing vegetarian cuisine in the United States. The film’s title comes from a 13th-century Zen cooking manual. It follows Brown from the Scheibbs Buddhist Centre in Austria, to the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in Northern California, and finally to the San Francisco Zen Center where Brown has taught generations of people seeking balance in their cooking, and their life. The film is about the art of cooking, the ways in which food can be an act of love and generosity, and its impact on both individuals and the community. Edward Brown invites us to question the way our relationship to food, one of our most basic connections to the earth, reflects our approach to life and the world as a whole. Through the intimacy of Dörrie’s camera, we become participants at Brown’s cooking courses, as his students (many of whom are used to take-out and restaurants) gingerly engage with the raw ingredients of healthy eating. The film, like Brown, challenges us to be in the moment, it is not only about Zen, but is in the spirit of Zen itself.
~ SilverDocs Film Festival

Principal Cast: Edward Espe Brown

Producers: Franz X. Gernstl, Fidelis Mager
Editor: Suzi Giebler
Cinematographer: Jörg Jeshel, Doris Dörrie
Music: b:sides music - Sven Faller, Mathias Götz, Martin Kolb,
Flotian Riedl

Official Website: http://www.how-to-cook-your-life.de/

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ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS