Cheri Huber

Sara Jenkins

This funny, engaging guide to the basics of Buddhist meditation presents the idea that people are not human beings trying to be spiritual, but spiritual beings trying to be human. That is, instead of striving toward an ideal image of ourselves, people might aim simply to see more clearly what being human is all about, including what impels striving.

Zen Talks from Cheri Huber

Trying to be Human

Nancy Jenkins

A master chef and her acclaimed food writer mother team up with a unique around-the-seasons cookbook devoted to pasta. In The Four Seasons of Pasta, Sara Jenkins and Nancy Harmon Jenkins celebrate the Italian native that has become a beloved American staple. There are few ingredients in a cook's pantry that beat out pasta—for tastiness, for ease of preparation, for versatility, and for sheer delight. It's irresistible to all and perfect for every occasion. Jenkins and her mom draw on their own background in Italy, where they've lived, cooked, studied, and worked in Rome and Florence, and on a Tuscan olive farm for many years. Today Sara is a highly accomplished chef and owner of two restaurants in New York's East Village while Nancy is a nationally known food journalist and authority on the Mediterranean diet, with a number of prominent cookbooks to her credit. The Four Seasons of Pasta brings together more than 120 recipes focused on seasonal ingredients. From rich, gamey meat ragus, chestnuts, and brilliant pumpkins in autumn to summer's explosion of tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers, whether pounded into pesto sauces, tossed with the lightest of seafood, or bathed in rich cheese and cream, the recipes incorporate seasonal ingredients from supermarkets and farmstands across America. Nancy and Sara introduce readers to quick-and-easy weeknight dishes as well as more ambitious affairs while four-color photography brings the recipes vividly to life. Along the way, the two cooks delve into how to cook, sauce, and present pasta, how to make it by hand, and, most important, pasta's significant place in a healthy modern diet. The Four Seasons of Pasta is an invaluable tool for home cooks seeking to enjoy the quintessential food that's in their pantry all year-round.

The Four Seasons of Pasta

A personal account of one woman's spiritual journey, this memoir examines what happens when a talented female teacher takes the masculine assumptions of Zen practice and turns them inside out. Setting out as a young woman to learn from Asian teachers, the author met with formidable masters and struggled diligently to learn meditation. Only after meeting Cheri Huber did she begin to understand and internalize the tenets of Zen Buddhism. Discussion of belief and practice blends with an unflinching frankness about personal difficulties, the honest search for growth, and revealing interactions between student and teacher.

Sara Jenkins

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