Although Deborah Madison rarely ate meat growing up, she didn't have a natural knack for vegetarian cooking. It wasn't until she began working kitchen jobs at the San Francisco Zen Center, where she spent nearly two decades as an ordained Buddhist priest, that she cultivated a groundbreaking relationship with food. This delightful memoir will introduce you to the woman who, though not vegetarian herself, transformed societal perceptions of vegetarianism…and it will perhaps transform your life with vegetables.