JL;DR SUMMARY In a whimsical tale blending celebrity intrigue and culinary delights, Len Berk, the Forward's "lox columnist," recounts a charming encounter with Barbra Streisand over a pound of Nova lox and a missing half-pound of sturgeon. 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'.