Monks’ Cookbook
Our cookbook is out of print, proof (if it was needed) that people love to cook and eat. This week we updated it, asking ChatGPT to make us some new and relevant images. You can see a couple of the results in the slideshow, all painted by DALL-E, the intelligent but highly artificial artist.
The files are ready and today they go off to Amazon. Huh! Yes, Amazon, the company that already manages much of life, now wants to take over the on-demand printing business. We are trying their service for the first time.
The history of the Monks' Cookbook is that as Gurudeva traveled across the globe, he was invited to special meals in devotees' homes. Naturally, the Ammas brought out all of the family's heirloom recipes to serve to the Satguru, and so the meals were extraordinary. The best of the best were captured by having a swami run into the kitchen after the meal, and write down Amma's recipe.
One by one they were captured, and for 20 years it was only used in the monastery kitchen on Kauai, kept in a 3-ring binder. Inside were punched pages, typed with a tool I think they called a typewriter, with pages stained with ghee and spices. Finally, in 1997 Gurudeva gave permission to print it and share the riches.
You can now read it online, purchase or download the free ePub or PDF here:
https://kauaishindumonastery.com/books/monks-cookbook/
4 Responses to “Monks’ Cookbook”
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January 13th, 2024 at 4:45 pm
“AUM”!.
January 14th, 2024 at 12:02 pm
This is another wonderment by Gurudeva; the same recipe is being followed to-day, keeping the monks, sevaks and devotees on pilgrimage, happy, healthy and grateful. Thank you Gurudeva.
January 16th, 2024 at 9:32 am
A delightful history of the Monk’s Cookbook. Thank you! 🙏🏼 Jai Mahalingeshwara!
January 21st, 2024 at 2:16 pm
The pages of the copy I have are also “stained with ghee and spices”. Every recipe is excellent. Thank you Gurudeva.