# NYZ: Zen in the Kitchen - Shojin Ryori Cooking Workshop

NYZ: Zen in the Kitchen - Shojin Ryori Cooking Workshop at New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065, Saturday 31 October 2026, 10:00.

- Price: $90
- Venue: New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065
- With: Masami Asao, Johan Lee
- Go to page: https://zenstudies.org/event/nyz-zen-in-the-kitchen-shojin-ryori-cooking-workshop/

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A temple cuisine workshop where you learn shojin ryori, an ancient form of Buddhist temple cooking that uses only simple, seasonal plant-based ingredients with no meat, fish, eggs, or strong-smelling vegetables such as onions and garlic. It is led by Masami Asao Sensei, one of Japan's leading instructors, a temple chef and registered dietitian who directs Akasaka Teran, a vegetarian cooking school at Jokokuji, a 350-year-old temple in Tokyo. Participants prepare traditional Japanese dishes in the temple setting of New York Zendo Shobo-ji, and each day concludes with sharing the dishes made, followed by a ceremonial matcha offering by Johan Lee, a hospitality management expert and student of the Urasenke Chanoyu tea school. Instruction is in Japanese with an English interpreter, and there is a different menu each day.

## Dates

- Saturday 31 October 10:00 — New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065
- Sunday 1 November 10:00 — New York Zendo, 223 E 67th St, New York, NY, 10065

Written by a model, sources: [zenstudies.org](https://zenstudies.org/event/nyz-zen-in-the-kitchen-shojin-ryori-cooking-workshop/)

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