Now in paperback, THE ZEN OF COOKING provides base recipes for appetisers, pasta, main dishes, vegetarian dishes, soups, salads, sauces, marinades, salad dressings and deserts - all presented as delicious starting points for personal and creative cooking. The perfect cookbook for anyone has ever yearned to cook more creatively - adapting a recipe to suit perfect his or her own tastes - but wasn't quite sure how to go about it without making a mess of things.