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YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, cookbook author and Cascade PBS TV host Rachel Belle. Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron & Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who created Lady Gaga's meat dress to the ice cream scientists at Ben & Jerry's.
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- 2 days ago33 min
Melissa King: Steamed White Rice
James Beard Award winning chef, cookbook author and "Top Chef: All-Stars" winner Melissa King has a fantastic new memoir out called "The Girl Who Became King." Melissa tells host Rachel Belle: About her childhood obsession with Martin Yan and "Yan Can Cook." How being a contestant on "Top Chef" was like going to therapy. The story behind her "Top Chef" winning dish, Hong Kong milk tea tiramisu. Melissa is a fan of the traditional Chinese dish stinky tofu, a flavor and aroma that many Americans aren’t accustomed to. Rachel chats with a southern California restaurant owner who is fighting to keep stinky tofu on his menu after facing multiple fines from the city. Sign the stinky tofu petition! Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- 1 weeks ago9 min
The Leftover's with Bridget Lancaster & Julia Collin Davison
This week on "The Leftovers," never-before-heard audio from Bridget Lancaster & Julia Collin Davison, hosts of America's Test Kitchen, the most-watched show on public television! In this episode, Julia & Bridget: Learn that they share the same favorite birthday cake! Share their favorite food films & food-themed children's books! Talk about the best gifts they've received from each other over the past 30 years. Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Julia & Bridget here. Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- 2 weeks ago41 min
Bridget Lancaster & Julia Collin Davison (America's Test Kitchen)
Julia Collin Davison & Bridget Lancaster co-host the most-watched cooking show on public television – "America’s Test Kitchen!" The brand also publishes magazines and cookbooks, like their brand new baking book, "The New Cookie: Creative Takes on the Classics You Love." Julia & Bridget chat with host Rachel Belle about: How many times they test each recipe (so many times!) and how much it costs to produce a single recipe (it's so much!). How they met their chef husbands (we love a good meet-cute!). Which food related words give them the ick. How many different varieties of butter they have in their refrigerators. Then we’ll head to Waco, Texas to visit the Dr Pepper Museum. What are the 23 flavors that make up Dr Pepper? How did it get its name? Why were sodas invented in pharmacies? Listen and find out! Get tickets to Food Fight on November 10th, 2026! Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- 3 weeks ago6 min
The Leftovers with Ilana Glazer
This week on "The Leftovers," never-before-heard audio from actor and comedian Ilana Glazer!Ilana tells me: How grocery shopping has changed since she stopped smoking weed before she goes! But also...her favorite stoner snacks... Her feelings about infomercial king Ron Popeil! What makes her grandma's matzo ball soup so special. Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Ilana Glazer here! Get tickets to Food Fight on November 10th, 2026! Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- Oct 15, 202637 min
Ilana Glazer: Entenmann's Coffee Cake Donuts
Ilana Glazer co-created and starred in one of Rachel Belle's favorite TV shows of all time: the hilarious "Broad City!" She's an Emmy and Tony Award winning actor, producer, activist and comedian & she's on tour right now -- get tickets to see Ilana's standup show!Ilana and Rachel talk about: The only food that's okay to eat while you're naked How Ilana blew her paychecks from her first job on Kielbasa The power of breastfeeding at brunch All of the delightful things she ate while touring her standup show around Europe over the summer Her love of the Gilda, a classic, pickly, one-bite Basque pintxo Then food journalist and chef Marti Buckley joins the show from San Sebastián, Spain to talk about Gildas: What they are! Their history! And why they're named after a glamorous Hollywood starlet from the 1940s. GET TICKETS TO RACHEL BELLE'S LIVE FOOD FIGHT SHOW! The evening of Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center. Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- Oct 8, 202610 min
The Leftovers with Alexis Nikole Nelson
This week on "The Leftovers," never-before-heard audio from Alexis Nikole Nelson, known to her nine million followers as Black Forager. Alexis' brand new, debut cookbook is called "Happy Snacking, Don't Die!"Alexis tells me: Which foraged food her partner hated when they met, that he can't get enough of now. Her dream foraging destination and what she'd like to discover there. Which recipe from her cookbook she'd choose to have chiseled onto her gravestone someday. Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Alexis Nikole Nelson here. Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- Oct 1, 202639 min
Alexis Nikole Nelson: A Foraged Feast ( + 1 Pop Tart!)
More than nine million people have their eyes glued to Alexis Nikole Nelson’s BlackForager videos, to watch her frolic through forests, fields, urban neighborhoods & her own backyard, foraging and cooking plants, flowers and funghi with exuberance, joy, silliness and humor. Her brand-new, debut cookbook Happy Snacking Don’t Die! is out now! Alexis tells me: Why there are so few Black foragers in America today & the importance of naming her social accounts BlackForager. The most magical recipe in her cookbook (actual science magic – she can turn your lemonade hot pink using plants!) What it was like testing, photographing and writing recipes for a cookbook when your star ingredients are highly seasonal and not available in grocery stores! And much more! Then we’ll learn the history of the Pop Tart from junk food journalist, Carolyn Wyman. Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
- Sep 24, 202632 min
D’Arcy Carden: McDonald’s French Fries (Re-Air)
If there is a new TV show or movie, D'Arcy Carden is probably in it! She stars in the new show The Five-Star Weekend and many others like Barry, The Handmaid’s Tale, A League of Their Own, Broad City and the show that kicked off her career, her first big role, playing Janet on The Good Place. But Rachel has known D’Arcy since college, so they do a little walk down memory lane! D’Arcy shares some behind-the-scenes tidbits on how food props worked on The Good Place and they bond over a shared love for a Bay Area ice cream shop from childhood. Rachel talks to Alan Finkelstein, who has worked at McDonald’s since 1971, about the history of their famous fries. And, things get real sweet with Lauren Wilson, owner of Sweet Lo's Ice Cream, who gives us the scoop on Rocky Road. Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
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YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, cookbook author and Cascade PBS TV host Rachel Belle. Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron & Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who created Lady Gaga's meat dress to the ice cream scientists at Ben & Jerry's.
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