Headline »

September 16, 2017 – 2:31 am

In this insightful gem, journalist and life coach Wanda Hennig writes wisely, hilariously and sometimes poignantly about sex and food; living for three-and-a-half years at the San Francisco Zen Center; moving solo from one continent to another; meditation; creative mindfulness strategies and more. Cravings: A Zen-inspired memoir about sensual pleasures, freedom from dark places, and living and eating with abandon (Say Yes Press). Edition Two (Mouth Orgasm edition) published August 2017 (ISBN 9780996820523 paperback; ISBN 9780996820523 eBook).

Read the full story »
Lifestyle Features

Relationships. Cultural creatives. Living the age wave. Write your life. Memoir matters.

Culinary Travel

Exploring tastes, traditions and cuisines while traveling and savoring other cultures.

Travel Writing

San Francisco, South Africa, Poland, Laos: The World! Solo travel. Seeing with new eyes.

Conscious Living

Sustainable living. Self-coaching and life coaching. Memoir and mindfulness. Breathe!

Social Media Plus

Blogs, tweets and Facebook. Reaching out through stories. Endless possibilities.

Home » Archive by Category

Articles in Slow Food

The Zen of Food

October 28, 2009 – 1:22 pm
TatooHead
It’s sometimes fast, always Slow, deafeningly quiet and a metaphor for life.

Story and Pictures: Wanda Hennig

First appeared: East Bay Edible

“In Zen practice we want our intuition — our universal self — to come forth,” says Berkeley Zen Center abbot, Sojun Mel Weitsman Roshi. “When you’re doing simple tasks [like peeling broccoli or breaking lettuce into bite-size bits], your body, mind, the broccoli, the knife, your hand, the breath, are all involved. When you keep bringing your attention back to what you’re doing — when you are simply one with your activity — it’s the same as sitting zazen.”

Wisdoms of A Culinary Traveler

February 25, 2009 – 2:10 am

She’s been called Alameda’s Julia Child and like Child, Weezie Mott is in a class of her own.
By Wanda Hennig
From …

An Appetite for Slow

January 31, 2009 – 5:25 pm

What’s fabulously fresh, scrumptiously seasonal, lusciously local and satisfyingly sustainable?
By Wanda Hennig
First published in Alameda Magazine, November 2008
It’s 9:30 …

Slow Pleasures

January 31, 2009 – 5:12 pm

The Slow Food Movement is, among other things, about making choices that nurture our families, the environment and our bodies. …

Slow Jammin’

January 25, 2009 – 10:45 pm
rachel1lo

Fruit, spice and all things nice …
By Wanda Hennig
From Alameda magazine, November 2008
Rachel Saunders is in the commercial kitchen space …

The Zen of Food

January 25, 2009 – 8:32 pm
nestorforweb
It’s sometimes fast, always Slow, deafeningly quiet — and a metaphor for life.