Serenity Now - Cooking As Meditation

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 6:23 p.m.

b'\\u201cI feel cooking is my zen practice,\\u201d says Jun Lee. \\u201cMy meditation.\\u201d Jun is the surfer, cook, and environmentalist who founded the beauty line Eir NYC. Several years ago, while recovering from a surfing injury, she started cooking in a monastery in Upstate New York and learned how to be present and still in the kitchen. During her time there, she started making healing oils and balms and came up with the idea for Eir. Jun talks about her monastery experience; her childhood, which took her from Korea to South America to Queens, N.Y.; to her mom\\u2019s kimchi and miso paste DIY projects. \\n\\nThanks to Le Cordon Bleu and Bob\\u2019s Red Mill for supporting Radio Cherry Bombe.'