PEACE, BUTTER & JELLY: Tales of Nourishment is a
foodspirational journey through family stories of Russia, India,
New Jersey, Santo Domingo, Boston and the Carolinas, plus coveted
recipes and a cupboard full of poems for dessert. This book will
entertain, inform and uplift you. You'll learn how to live your
life well and how to nourish yourself, family and friends with
three daily practices: meditation, happy eating and creative
expression, especially the written word. The book is like a
delicious meal, replete with delectable surprises, and leaves you
fuller than when you started. Written by Boston's first Personal
Chef, this memoir is no less than an honest sharing of a modern
spiritual journey. By the time you finish this book, you realize
that you were invited to dinner with great love and what was shared
were recipes of the heart. Peace, Butter & Jelly, welcome to
the world of creative non-fiction Tony Abbott, Pulitzer Prize
nominee, writes: David Mark Seidel's PEACE, BUTTER, and JELLY is a
remarkably original and engaging book.Peace, as I understand it,
refers to the peace which comes from meditation, which has totally
changed David Mark Seidel's life. Butter stands for food, for the
wonderful recipes which make up the middle of the book, and which
every food lover will covet. And Jelly stands for the wonder and
joy of poetry, which makes up the last part of the book. Never have
I seen these three things together before. It's a rare achievement
to put together the nourishment of meditation, food, philosophy and
poetry, but David Mark Seidel has made his own sandwich and made it
well. David Mark Seidel is a one of a kind original. Whether
through his delightfully whimsical and time stopping poems, his
tasty recipes, or his allegorical stories--life is all performance
art to him, bubbling up into manifestation from deep within his
meditative soul. And PEACE, BUTTER, & JELLY is but a first
taste of that boundless, creative vision. Peter Reinhart, author,
American Pie, My Search for the Perfect Pizza David Mark Seidel has
crafted a book that reorients us with, as he writes in his Tales of
Nourishment, the magnificence of our existence. Using culinary
terms as metaphors for life-ingredients and life-experiences, he
weaves through autobiographical musings, recipes, and lyrical
poems, touching repeatedly on the sacredness of familial and
cultural legacies, his conviction that he is both carrying a torch
for his ancestors and offering a torch to his son. Accessible,
whimsical, and insightful, Seidel's work invites us to ponder our
chosen and inherited roles, how we relate to others, and,
ultimately, how we stay connected to the divine source of life and
love itself. PEACE, BUTTER & JELLY is a poignant and refreshing
book, a timely and timeless offering indeed. John Amen, author of
At the Threshold of Alchemy; editor of The Pedestal Magazine PEACE,
BUTTER & JELLY: Tales of Nourishment is a gem with many facets.
You have been invited to share food with the family of a masterful
cook. In a profound and subtle way, author David Mark Seidel
unveils the secret ingredient behind every successful recipe as he
experienced it, as it nurtured and transformed him. Roman Oleh
Yaworsky, Author, Being Centered Reading Peace, Butter & Jelly
is like having an easy and pleasant conversation with your own
self, allowing you to reconnect to times of pure being. Gratitude
reveals itself in between each line and it is contagious David's
heart pours out through every word, every line, every breath which
I could feel him taking. A spiritual romantic's look at his own
life through light yet deeply profound humor based on sweet
gratefulness. Susana Sori Artist, Writer and Healer We applaud the
work David is doing. Peace Butter & Jelly will be a welcome
addition to any food / family loving enthusiast's library. Very
nice. Gary Torres Food For Life Baking Co., Inc. Makers of Ezekiel
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