Edward Espe Brown is an American Zen teacher and author. He resides in Fairfax, Marin County, California.
Ordained as a Zen priest by Shunryu Suzuki, who gave him the name Jusan Kainei ("Longevity Mountain, Peaceful Sea"), Ed Brown has led meditation retreat and classes throughout the United States and in other countries. He is one of the founders of Greens Restaurant in San Francisco, California.
Edward Espe Brown is the subject of the documentary film, How to Cook Your Life, by Doris Dörrie.
The Complete Tassajara Cookbook: Recipes, Techniques, and Reflections from the Famed Zen Kitchen Shambhala Publications. September 2009. ISBN 978-1-59030-672-7
The Tassajara Bread Book. Shambhala Publications. Written at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
* 1970 first edition: ISBN 0-87773-025-3, ISBN 978-0877730255.
* 1995 25th anniversary edition: ISBN 1-57062-089-X, ISBN 978-1570620898.
Tassajara Cooking. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 0-87773-344-9, ISBN 978-0877733447.
The Tassajara Recipe Book. Shambhala Publications. ISBN 1-57062-580-8, ISBN 978-1570625800.
Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings: Recipes and Reflections. Riverhead Books. ISBN 1-57322-673-4, ISBN 978-1573226738.
The Greens Cookbook, with Deborah Madison. Random House Broadway imprint. ISBN 0-76790-823-6, ISBN 978-0767908238.
Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen. Lectures by Shunryu Suzuki (ed.) HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06095-754-9, ISBN 978-0060957544.