Greens Restaurant
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Greens Restaurant is a landmark
vegetarian restaurant in the Fort Mason
Center in the Marina District, San Francisco, California
, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge
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Founded by the San Francisco Zen Center
in 1979, Greens has been credited in The New York Times
as “the restaurant that brought vegetarian food out from sprout-infested health food stores and established it as a cuisine in America.”
The chef is Annie Somerville. The restaurant utilizes fresh produce from the organic Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
.
Landmark
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vegetarian restaurant in the Fort Mason
Fort Mason
Fort Mason, once known as San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army, in San Francisco, California, is a former United States Army post located in the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay. Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defense...
Center in the Marina District, San Francisco, California
Marina District, San Francisco, California
The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the reemergence of the city...
, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to...
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Founded by the San Francisco Zen Center
San Francisco Zen Center
San Francisco Zen Center , is a network of affiliated Sōtō Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area, comprising the City Center or Beginner's Mind Temple, the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. The sangha was incorporated by Shunryu...
in 1979, Greens has been credited in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
as “the restaurant that brought vegetarian food out from sprout-infested health food stores and established it as a cuisine in America.”
The chef is Annie Somerville. The restaurant utilizes fresh produce from the organic Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, or Soryu-ji is a Soto Zen practice center located near Muir Beach, California that practices in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. In addition to its Zen training program, the center also manages an organic farm and gardens...
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Books
- The Greens Cookbook. Deborah MadisonDeborah MadisonDeborah Madison is an American chef, writer and cooking teacher. She has been called an expert on vegetarian cooking and her gourmet repertoire showcases fresh garden produce...
with Edward Espe BrownEdward Espe Brown-External links:*...
. Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
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. ISBN 0767908236, ISBN 978-0767908238.