A Few Zen-cuisine Proverbs about Food

 When eating fresh green sprouts, 

remember the person who planted them

- zen-cuisine proverb

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts
while eating a homemade bowl of food.
- zen-cuisine proverb

This bountiful meal 

is the labor of countless endeavors;
let us remember all beings and their toil.
-  zen-cuisine meal chant

Worries go better with sushi than without.
- zen-cuisine proverb

 

Truly, there's no metaphysics on earth
like fresh ginger.
-  zen-cuisine proverb

The dinner guests gone
but I still hear their laughter 
coming from flowers 
on the table.
- zen-cuisine proverb