The Rabbi and His Famous Friends - by Philip Posner

The Rabbi and His Famous Friends - by Philip Posner

From President Lincoln's favorite almond vanilla cake, Rosalynn Carter's cheese rings, and a red, white, and blue raspberry pie to die for, the recipes have a decidedly American feel, but when you add a Mediterranean style suffed leg of lamb and Jewish favorites such as mandelbrot, a hard almond cookie, you get an eclectic and altogether international flare.

Rabbi Posner's extraordinary ccokbook not only offers recipes to provide nourishment for the body, his highly imaginative ethical dialogues put forth many worthy ideas, ideals, and role models to give his readers food for thought as well. Building upon an honored Jewish practice, his book extends the principle of showing ethical virtues across both space and time. In a time of social and ideological polarization reconnecting 'food talk' and 'soul talk' might just be the right recipe within the reach of us all to make the world a better place. - Rabbi Barry Kogan, Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Religious Thought, Hebrew Union College - JIR.