When I saw this title, I was so hoping this documentary would live up to the image that the words conveyed to me. I wanted it to be about combining the success of learning a recipe and taking time to cook an excellent meal into some sort of success in your day-to-day life. Yeah, not so much.
This documentary was about a zen buddhist in San Fransico who teaches groups of people how to cook. He encourages them to think of their lessons in cooking like lessons in life. It seemed to me that most of the documentary was about how he looked like a squatter version of Steven Seagal and acted like a crabbier version of Mister Rogers. For someone who was supposed to be "zen", I got the feeling he could have "enhanced his calm" just a little bit more.
The primary thing I took away from this movie was basically the art of relaxing when you cook. Feeling the bread when you knead it and taking deep breaths when you stir, smell, explore and taste the food you make. I am always looking for new ways to relax - so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
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