Why did one of the best cookbooks of 2023 go unnoticed? Hint: It’s Israeli.

JL;DR SUMMARY The Eucalyptus Cookbook, created by Israeli chef Moshe Basson, has gone relatively unnoticed due to the lack of media attention and contentious political climate surrounding Israeli cuisine. 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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