Quantum Soup

Fortune Cookies in Crisis, New and enlarged edition

By Chungliang Al Huang

Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Singing Dragon

Peppered with a delicate mix of wisdom and humour, Quantum Soup is a light-hearted yet informative combination of happy anecdotes and traditional Chinese sensibilities in a Western setting. Every mini-essay is accompanied by the author's calligraphy and illustrations, making this book every bit as appealing now as it was when originally published. Quantum Soup is a gourmet preparation of philosophical snaps and snails, sharks' fins and puppy dogs' tails to tickle the sophisticated palate and provoke happy, healthful belly laughs.

RELATED TOPICS: Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Taoism

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Quantum Soup is an elegant, wise and playful expression of Taoist and Zen Buddhist sensibilities in a Western setting - a philosophical entertainment with a collection of anecdotes, aphorisms and koan-like ruminations, all served up in appetizer portions. Los Angeles Times

Take the pungence of hot and sour, the homeyness of chicken, the excitement of gespacho, the refreshment of vichyssoise - flamboyantly seasoned with loving humor and eternality and an empty bowl - ahhhh - Quantum Soup! Ram Dass

Confucius say: 'Number One good recipe!' Joseph Campbell

Like sunlight, Chungliang Al Huang's delicate mix of wisdom and humor comes in discrete energy packets (quanta) but gives continuous pleasure and nourishment. Fritjof Capra

Take the humor of Buddha, connecting with the universal soul you have Chungliang Al Huang and Quantum Soup! Virginia Satir

Chungliang Al Huang is the founder of the Living Tao Foundation and the director of the Lan Ting Institute, a cross-cultural study and conference centre at the sacred and historic Wu Yi mountain in China.

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