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How to Cook Your Life
Directed by
Doris Dörrie
PG-13
2007
1h 33m
Documentary
5.9
72%
46%
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A Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.
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Where to Watch How to Cook Your Life
Kanopy
Free
Cast of How to Cook Your Life
Edward Espe Brown
Self
Doris Dörrie
Self / Director / Writer
Franz Xaver Gernstl
Producer
Fidelis Mager
Producer
How to Cook Your Life Ratings & Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz
It gives one a good sense of the Zen experience in cooking.
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Sarah Boslaugh
...a charming but somewhat superficial portrait of Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and cookbook author.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
What makes her film fascinating is the idea that this calm, centered man may be about to lose his grip.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
In How to Cook Your Life, Edward Espe Brown endearingly embodies one of Buddhism's guiding principles: a sense of humor about our arrogances and illusions.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
... more of a snack than a meal: Zen and the art of culinary simplicity as a temporary spiritual retreat.
Movie Habit
Marty Mapes
A tasty dish; but you'll be hungry again in an hour
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A playful and enlightening documentary featuring Zen master and accomplished cook Edward Espe Brown with nourishing tips on food and paying attention.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
An unexpectedly charming and enlightening film.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
If you enjoy time spent in the kitchen, you may find some surprising enlightenment in Brown's observations.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
Doris Dorrie's loving portrait of Buddhist priest and chef Edward Espe Brown showcases his message that paying attention to the mundane processes of food production, preparation and consumption can be a gateway to larger spiritual revelations.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Well-intentioned but lethargic.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
A jaunty mix of chanting, baking and spiritual uplift, How to Cook Your Life introduces us to the cooking classes of Edward Espe Brown, a twinkling Zen priest.
Metromix.com
Geoff Berkshire
A low-key but pleasant and thoughtful examination ... The film could use a lot more time in the kitchen.
L.A. Weekly
Gregg Rickman
Cook and Zen priest Edward Brown is profiled in this documentary by German filmmaker Doris Dörrie (Men), who follows the witty, pleasant Brown as he offers cooking and life lessons in Buddhist retreats in Austria and California.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The film is directed with humor and a sense of openness that is quite Zen-like.
Boxoffice Magazine
Amy Nicholson
Despite the film's repeated exhortations that humans need to be more humble about who is cooking whom, the broccoli continues to seem inert.
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Gentle preaching is still preaching.
Variety
Eddie Cockrell
Tasteful in more ways than one, mischievous and charming docu How to Cook Your Life serves up a heapin' helping of Zen.
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