COOKBOOK WATCH

“The Tassajara Bread Book” author and Zen master Edward Espe Brown blends spirituality with kitchen advice and recipes in his new book, “Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings” (Riverhead Books, $27.50). Needless to say, there are a couple of good radish salad recipes and several tomato recipes, as well as passages on tomato-eating ecstasy and the virtue of radishes.