Ego, Buddhism, and A Cookbook
Just after yesterday’s first new post I received the news that Pat McCaffrey passed away. I’m not ready to talk about that yet, so I’ll share a post about a book in one of my collections, which has also served as a lesson to me in taming my ego, practicing humility, and letting go of attachments. ( I didn’t say these things have happened yet.) I have a number of Gertrude Stein books, and this one by Alice B Toklas as well. At almost 74 as a new retiree and buddhist, I am trying to detach from my collections of things. So I’m struggling with this. I thought of sending it to Barbara Hamby. If Barbara outlives me, please send it to her, son. My dear expatriate friend Judy , has schooled herself in frenchie cooking and doesn’t need it. The Frangipani tart. This cookbook is probably the most charming cookbook I’ve ever read. Alice had it published in 1954. Gertrude passed away in 1946, of stomach cancer but I’m sure it was not from Alice’s cooking . ...
