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- Named for the hot stone Zen monks place in their robes to ward off hunger pangs.
- CNY's 懐石 developed from the 本膳料理（ほんぜん）(elaborate meal for high social strata) and 精進料理（しょうじん）(vegetarian Zen monks), because it was related to both.
- CQ78 notes that most meal traditions around the world have the host and guest eat together, but in CNY, the host does the serving.
利休：Entertain with farmer's soup and seasoned shrimp; it suffices for the host to do the serving.
- Jōō said: no more 一汁三菜（いち じゅう さん さい）, one soup and three sides, even for a guest of honour. That means: one soup, some fresh ingredients in vinegar, something in a shallow dish, and something broiled.
- And keep it simple, make with what you have:
- 利休's son 道安（どうあん） invites him for tea in winter; he get's very excited as he see's someone in the snow covered vegetable garden, thinking it would be his son picking vegetables for the meal. But instead, his son serves him a rarity from far away; so he was disappointed. (CG56, 78)
- In the Nampō Roku, it is even stated that the meal should be vegetarian.
- 利休 adhered pretty much to 一汁三菜.
- 織部（おりべ）after 利休's death wabified 懐石 even more, being more strict about 一汁三菜, forbidding also a second round of trays. However, other people after 利休 went back to a more impressive food serving during tea gatherings.