The Mindful Chef
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Thich Nhat Hanh, in his wonderful The Miracle of Mindfulness, tells a story about eating a tangerine with a friend. To paraphrase: the friend was wolfing down the tangerine, not giving much thought to the simple act of eating a tangerine. Thây goes on to say that if you’re not eating the tangerine mindfully–thinking only of eating the tangerine at that point–then you’re not eating the tangerine. You’re ingesting whatever else is “on your plate” at the time. So you could be eating American Idol (I’m trying to avoid the easy Paris Hilton joke), or drinking rush-hour traffic. (more…)