Zen Cuisine Workshop with Chef Avital Sebagg
June 21 to 24 (arrival friday June 20)
Limited places
Avital Sebbag, a vegan chef and certified practitioner of Chinese Medicine, will inspire us to cook a stunning variety of nutritious and delicious recipes inspired by Zen and ancient principles of nutrition.
In this 3-part workshop we will prepare summer season vegan recipes and will learn how to master the art of retreat cooking. This workshop is open to anyone that wants to learn more about vegan cuisine, as well as “kitchen masters” currently helping on retreats or Zen Center’s kitchens, to learn the skills required to organize a kitchen, create menus, develop tasty, healthy vegan recipes to nourish and support people on their practice and run a kitchen within a retreat setting.
The workshop will take place in our mountain Zen Center, located in the middle of the pristine wilderness of the Alta Garrotxa Natural Park. Participants will also experience the ancient practice of korean zen of the Kwan Um School of Zen.
Teacher: Avital Sebbag, an anthropological food researcher and accomplished vegan chef, known for her book “Five Seasons in the Kitchen –Zen Inspired Vegan Cooking“, has been practicing Korean Zen for two decades, and today , teaches and manages the Hasharon Zen Center in Israel. Avital has integrated her wide worlds of culinary content with Zen teaching, and conducts cooking and enrichment workshops in the kitchens of temples, Zen centers and various bodies that invite her knowledge. Avital teaches to make the connection by choosing dishes based on the seasons’ vegetation, most suitable for her retreats.
Price: 390 € / 290 € (Kwan Um School of Zen Members)
Includes course and simple accommodation (possibility to book a nearby cottage)
10% discount if you sign up before May 1!
For more information and registration, please write to, boricentrozen@hotmail.com
