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This charming doc takes its time while focusing on food, but highlights larger lessons that audiences will reflect upon long after leaving the theater.
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Quote not available. November 24, 2011 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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Ty Burr
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. December 6, 2007 | Full Review…
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.
Desson Thomson
An unexpectedly charming and enlightening film. November 16, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
An unexpectedly charming and enlightening film.
Kenneth Turan
If you enjoy time spent in the kitchen, you may find some surprising enlightenment in Brown's observations. November 16, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
If you enjoy time spent in the kitchen, you may find some surprising enlightenment in Brown's observations.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Well-intentioned but lethargic. November 16, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Well-intentioned but lethargic.
V.A. Musetto
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. November 16, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
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.
Jeannette Catsoulis
Salient points about the nature of food and culture are gently made, but the tone of the film is never preachy nor didactic, and the correlations between spiritual teaching and food make for a nice series of lessons learned. August 23, 2017 | Full Review…
Salient points about the nature of food and culture are gently made, but the tone of the film is never preachy nor didactic, and the correlations between spiritual teaching and food make for a nice series of lessons learned.
Dorothy Woodend
Quote not available. April 4, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Dave White
It gives one a good sense of the Zen experience in cooking. August 26, 2009 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It gives one a good sense of the Zen experience in cooking.
Dennis Schwartz
...a charming but somewhat superficial portrait of Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and cookbook author. September 19, 2008 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
...a charming but somewhat superficial portrait of Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and cookbook author.
Sarah Boslaugh
What makes her film fascinating is the idea that this calm, centered man may be about to lose his grip. December 14, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4
What makes her film fascinating is the idea that this calm, centered man may be about to lose his grip.
Chris Hewitt
How To Cook Your Life is slow and gentle, and it sneaks up on you. It ain't War & Peace, but it is the sort of film you'll think about long after you leave the theatre. December 3, 2007 | Rating: 3/5
How To Cook Your Life is slow and gentle, and it sneaks up on you. It ain't War & Peace, but it is the sort of film you'll think about long after you leave the theatre.
Liz Braun
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