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Stuffed dried Turkish eggplant is the perfect Purim food

JL;DR SUMMARY Rob Eshman offers a culinary and philosophical exploration of Purim, a holiday often seen as a children's event due to its playful customs. 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'.

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PurimMiddle Eastern FoodJewish Culinary TraditionsTurkish CuisineVolodymyr ZelenskyyMegillat EstherHamantaschenNaomi LevyStuffed FoodsConcealment And Revelation

Places mentioned

Gaziantep, Turkey
"Its a dish thats famous in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, where dried vegetables are a specialty and where a small Jewish community flourished from the 16th century until the establishment of Israel."
Marina Del Rey, California, United States
"A Turkish market, Bolmart, opened in Marina Del Rey, California, not far from where I live in Venice."
Ukraine
"Zelenskyy said, reiterating something hes said many times in the three years since Russia invaded his country and starting trying to annihilate his people."

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