JL;DR SUMMARY "In the podcast "Appetizing: An American New York Jewish Food Tradition" by the Association for Jewish Studies, host Jeremy Shere delves into the history and significance of the New York Jewish food tradition of appetizing with guests Eve Jochnowitz, Hasia Diner, Mark Russ Federman, and Norma Joseph. They discuss how appetizing stores, dating back to the early 1900s, offered fish, dairy, and related foods as a complement to meat-selling delis, shaping the culinary landscape of Jewish New Yorkers and reflecting how they lived and ate over the years." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.