San Francisco Zen Center Tenzo, Hiro Ikushima, discusses: “Why cooking rice and making soup in the kitchen are as valuable as practicing in the zendo, and how this practice can be applied to any kind of work.”
Hiro is the Tenzo at San Francisco Zen Center. Tenzo is a title given to the head chef at a Zen center or Buddhist monastery. Tenzo translates to 'seat of ceremony', similar to the term, 'master of ceremonies.'