Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle
Episodes
Alice Waters: Frisée Salad + Pear Galette
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Waters opened her iconic Berkeley, California restaurant Chez Panisse 54 years ago, introducing the concept of farm-to-table eating to Americans...
The Leftovers with Gaby Dalkin
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from chef and best-selling cookbook author Gaby Dalkin, who's known online and on social as What&...
"Seattle Eats" LIVE with Tan Vinh, Rachel Belle & J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month, at Seattle’s Town Hall, Rachel Belle was a guest on a sold-out, live taping of Seattle Eats with host Tan Vinh, the award-wi...
Gaby Dalkin: Carne Asada Tacos
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Best known to her millions of followers as What’s Gaby Cooking, the Los Angeles-area chef is a best-selling cookbook author, creator of the Dalk...
Dorie Greenspan (re-air): Ice Cream, Lobster, Ice Cream
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prolific, five-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Dorie Greenspan is the queen of sweets, and she just released her 15th cookbook, Dorie&r...
Atsuko Okatsuka: Gluten-Free Spaghetti
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka’s last meal, and the reason why she sometimes carries cooked scallops in her bag, trace back to her unstable, unpredict...
The Leftovers with Rico Nasty
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from rapper Rico Nasty, who is on tour now with her latest album, Lethal! In a lightning round, R...
Rico Nasty: Five Guys Burger & Boardwalk Fries
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sweet and boisterous, rapper Rico Nasty professes her love for making music; cooking for the people she adores most; and her grandmas, all while promo...
The Leftovers with Tilly Ramsay
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tilly Ramsay, host of the new Amazon Prime show, Dish It Out. She also happens to be the onl...
Tilly Ramsay: British Sunday Roast
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, food TV host Tilly Ramsay is the daughter of famed chef and TV host Gordan Ramsay, but she is working hard to pave her own way! Tilly recently gr...
The Leftovers with Matteo Bocelli
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Italian singer Matteo Bocelli! In a lightning round with host Rachel Belle, Matteo, a ...
Matteo Bocelli: Carbonara
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Like any card-carrying Italian worth his focaccia, singer Matteo Bocelli says he could eat pasta for breakfast, lunch and dinner! From his home in Tus...
The Leftovers with Pramila Jayapal
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the U.S. Representative from Washington’s 7th congressi...
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal: Thali
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this very special LIVE episode, recorded at The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival on May 31, 2025, host Rachel Belle sits down with Congresswoman Pramila ...
The Leftovers with Isaac Brock
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Isaac Brock — lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Portland, Oregon-based...
Isaac Brock: Top Ramen
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Modest Mouse’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter has one of the longest, and most disjointed, last meals in Your Last Meal history, but each...
The Leftovers with Bridget Everett
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Bridget Everett, star of the HBO Max show Somebody Somewhere, singer, comedian and cabaret p...
Bridget Everett: Dinner at Pascal’s Manale
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Everett’s last meal takes us to New Orleans’ second oldest restaurant, where Creole and Italian cooking collide into a cuisine cal...
The Leftovers with Jeff Hiller
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from actor Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere), author of the new memoir Actress of a Certain Age: M...
Jeff Hiller: Chicken Fried Steak
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you fell in love with Jeff Hiller’s character Joel on Somebody, Somewhere (he was just nominated for his first Emmy for his perform...
The Leftovers with Regina Spektor
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and pianist Regina Spektor! Regina grew up in the ...
Regina Spektor: Chicken Broth
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and pianist Regina Spektor grew up in Soviet Russia, so when she moved to the Bronx with her family in 1990, Ameri...
The Leftovers with Dave Barry
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Dave Barry, award-winning humorist, columnist and author. Dave tells host Rachel Bell...
Dave Barry: Cheeseburger & French Fries
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Barry wrote a nationally syndicated, Pulitzer Prize-winning column that appeared in 500 newspapers from 1983 to 2005 and has published dozens of ...
The Leftovers with Molly Yeh
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Molly Yeh, star of Girl Meets Farm on Food Network & bestselling cookbook author. Her la...
Molly Yeh: Salami Matzo Brei
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Yeh is the Emmy- and James Beard Award-nominated star of Girl Meets Farm on the Food Network; owner of Bernie’s, a bakery and cafe in East...
The Leftovers with Prabal Gurung
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Prabal Gurung, celebrated fashion designer and author of the new memoir Walk Like a Girl.&nb...
Prabal Gurung: Momos!
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prabal Gurung’s new memoir, Walk Like a Girl, tells his life story: how he went from being a bullied queer boy in Nepal who was always an outsid...
The Leftovers with W. Kamau Bell
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from W. Kamau Bell, Emmy- and Peabody-nominated TV host, comedian, filmmaker and best-selling aut...
W. Kamau Bell: Dim Sum
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kamau Bell has a long and impressive resume, including hosting seven seasons of the CNN docuseries United Shades of America, winning a Peabody Aw...
The Leftovers with Sharon Van Etten
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from musician and actor Sharon Van Etten, who is on the road touring her new album now! An ...
Sharon Van Etten: Mashed Potatoes on Toast
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharon Van Etten is on the road now touring her seventh album, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory. But as much as she loves writing and perf...
The Leftovers with Josh Groban
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-nominated singer and actor Josh Groban. Josh is getting ...
Josh Groban: Chocolate Covered Gummy Bears
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is Josh Groban’s best song about baked beans? Two foods Josh Groban’s dad turned him onto as a child: pickled and smoked fish and ba...
The Leftovers with Danielle Chang
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Danielle Chang, host of Lucky Chow on PBS. And Rachel Belle takes a very special field trip ...
Danielle Chang: Hot Pot
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PBS's "Lucky Chow" host, Danielle Chang, has been using food as a tool to promote diversity since her family immigrated from Taiwan to Texas when she ...
The Leftovers with Pink Martini
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto from Pink Martini! The Portland, Oregon-based band is tak...
Pink Martini: A 14-Course French Feast + Thanksgiving
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pink Martini is celebrating 30 years of global music, and for the band’s pearl anniversary, China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto dish on oysters (...
Salt & Straw's Kim & Tyler Malek: Grandma's Cooking (Re-Air)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From pear & blue cheese to bone marrow with bourbon smoked cherries, Salt & Straw has always been experimental, and eager to weave local produ...
The Leftovers with "The Pasta Queen" Nadia Caterina Munno
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Nadia Caterina Munno, known to her 10 million social-media followers as The Pasta Queen, whi...
"The Pasta Queen" Nadia Caterina Munno: Nonna's Lasagna
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nadia Catarina Munno is best known to her 10 million social-media followers as The Pasta Queen, a glamorous, dramatic Italian who crumples her face in...
The Leftovers with Kevin Morby
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from singer/songwriter Kevin Morby. Kevin grew up in Kansas, and after 15 years of bu...
Kevin Morby: PB&J + Phở
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Singer/songwriter Kevin Morby is a peanut butter and jelly man. Like most kids who grew up in the U.S. before peanut-allergy-mania, he loves the class...
The Leftovers with Alton Brown
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from TV host, chef and author Alton Brown. Alton famously loathes single-use gadgets, but t...
Alton Brown: His Wife's Witchy Soup
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alton Brown hosted Good Eats on the Food Network for 16 seasons, and says Julia Child, Mr. Wizard and Monty Python were his inspirations for the wacky...
The Leftovers with Paula Poundstone
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from comedian Paula Poundstone! If you listened to last week's episode of Your Last Meal, you kno...
Paula Poundstone: Ring Dings
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran comedian Paula Poundstone loves Ring Dings, her favorite little chocolate snack cakes only sold in a handful of East Coast states. She once to...
The Leftovers with Ani DiFranco
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Ani DiFranco, singer/songwriter, activist and feminist icon. Ani started her own record comp...
Ani DiFranco: Watermelon Feta Salad
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you listened to the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter in the ’90s, she wants you to know she’s still making music: Ani DiFranco just rel...
LIVE Q&A with Rachel Belle on her debut cookbook
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Rachel Belle celebrated the launch of Open Sesame at Book Larder, Seattle's only dedicated cookbook store. The event sold out, but you can listen...
The Leftovers with Jonathon Van Ness & Tan France
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Jonathan Van Ness and Tan France, two of the stars of the popular Netflix show Queer Ey...
Jonathan Van Ness & Tan France: Fast Food Feast & a British Roast
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Queer Eye Season 9 just dropped on Netflix, and Jonathan Van Ness (beauty expert), Tan France (fashion expert) and the rest of The Fab Five are back t...
The Leftovers with Al Roker
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Al Roker, longtime weather presenter and co-anchor of NBC’s Today. Al and his chef dau...
Al Roker: Steakhouse Dinner
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Longtime Today show weatherman and anchor, Al Roker, just released a cookbook of family recipes with his chef daughter called Al Roker’s Recipes to ...
The Leftovers with Chuck Palahniuk
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Portland, Oregon, novelist Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club and nearly 20 other books, ...
Chuck Palahniuk: Corn Pudding & Potato Pancakes
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chuck Palahniuk is best known for his novel-turned-cult-classic-film Fight Club, but the prolific author has published a book nearly every year for t...
The Leftovers with Ken Burns
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Ken Burns, the prolific, award-winning filmmaker who has been making historical documentary ...
Ken Burns: Roasted Chicken from The Restaurant at Burdick's
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the past 50 years, Ken Burns has written, directed and produced historical films on a wide variety of topics, from country music and baseball to t...
How the 2024 Election was Shaped by Food
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Food can play a significant role in a presidential race as candidates attempt to show how relatable they are through the dishes they eat and the resta...
The Leftovers with Tim Heidecker
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tim Heidecker, one half of the sketch comedy duo Tim & Eric, actor and musician. Eric ...
Tim Heidecker: Aunt Mia's Christmas Dinner
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Heidecker, one half of the Tim & Eric comedy duo, is best known for sketch comedy and acting, but he’s also a musician – he just released ...
The Leftovers with Tali Edut
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from astrologer Tali Edut, one half of the Astro Twins. Tali and her twin sister are longtime as...
Tali Edut: Greek Salad from Cafe Mogador
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tali Edut and her twin sister Ophira are the Astro Twins: longtime astrologers for Elle magazine, matchmakers on the Amazon Prime show Cosmic Love an...
The Leftovers with John Early
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from comedian and actor John Early! John grew up eating Southern staples like pimento cheese sand...
John Early: Pasta all'Amatriciana
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in Nashville with two ministers for parents, John Early’s (Search Party, John Early: Now More Than Ever) formative food memories are link...
Celebrating 200 Episodes of Your Last Meal!
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Your Last Meal is celebrating 200 episodes (er, belatedly – this is technically episode 203!) with a replay of the podcast’s 100th episode – a v...
The Leftovers with Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling, authors of the new cookbook, A Confident Cook. These buddie...
Tamron Hall & Lish Steiling: Cheese Noodles & a Cheeseburger
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Emmy Award-winning journalist and talk show host, Tamron Hall, and James Beard Award and Emmy Award–winning culinary producer, Lish Steiling, b...
The Leftovers with Aly & AJ
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from musicians Aly and AJ, who landed their first record deal as teenagers in 2005, and are still...
Aly & AJ: Canadian Sushi & Texas Burritos
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aly and AJ signed their first record deal when they were just 13 and 15 years old, and nearly 20 years later they’re still singing for their supper....
The Leftovers with Thomas Doherty
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from actor Thomas Doherty, who stars in Disney’s Descendants movies, the reboot of Gossip Girl ...
Thomas Doherty: Not Haggis
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scottish actor Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl, Descendants, Dandelion) isn’t hungry in America. But the Brooklyn-based film and TV star says he’s fam...
What's for Dinner at Burning Man
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every Labor Day weekend since 1990, tens of thousands of people descend upon a Nevada desert to build an elaborate, eccentric, temporary town called B...
The Leftovers with J. Ryan Stradal
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from J. Ryan Stradal, the bestselling author of three novels, all set in Minnesota: Kitchens of t...
J. Ryan Stradal: Shakshuka at Barbary Fig
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The New York Times bestselling novelist J. Ryan Stradel tells host Rachel Belle it was “totally weird to be a teenage foodie in the 1990s.” He cou...
The Leftovers with G. Love
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from G. Love, frontman for G. Love & Special Sauce! The band is celebrating 30 years since re...
G. Love: Confit de Canard
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It has been 30 years (!) since G. Love & Special Sauce put out their first album, and in that time G. Love has written a whole lotta food and drin...
The Leftovers with Geraldine DeRuiter
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Geraldine DeRuiter, author of the new book If You Can't Take the Heat & James Beard Awar...
Geraldine DeRuiter: Her Husband's Carbonara
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In her latest book, If You Can’t Take the Heat, Geraldine DeRuiter uses food, humor and her own (often ridiculous!) life to explore the topic of fem...
The Leftovers with Dan Pashman
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful podcast, inventor of the cascatelli pasta shape, and autho...
Dan Pashman & his new book "Anything's Pastable"
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Award winning The Sporkful podcast host, Dan Pashman, invented a new pasta shape in 2021. Cascatelli was released with great fanfare -- Time magazine ...
The Leftovers with Kathleen Hanna & Food Not Bombs
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Kathleen Hanna, frontwoman for the groundbreaking feminist punk bands Bikini Kill and Le Ti...
Kathleen Hanna: A Giant Buffalo Chicken Eggroll
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The legendary riot grrrl and punk rock singer for Bikini Kill and Le Tigre has a reputation for crying over a delicious meal. As far as we know, she's...
The Leftovers with Jesse Tyler Ferguson
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on The Leftovers, a speed round with Jesse Tyler Ferguson; Modern Family star and Tony Award winning Broadway actor. Jesse reveals his bougiest,...
Jesse Tyler Ferguson: Green Chile Enchiladas
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Modern Family star grew up in New Mexico (the Chile Capital of the World!) where the native green chiles find their way into everything from burge...
The Leftovers with Tom Papa
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If waiting two whole weeks for a new episode of Your Last Meal is way too long, we’ve got something to tide you over. On the weeks we’re not r...
Tom Papa: A Steak Dinner
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Papa is a bread nerd. The comedian, author and podcast host is quick to point out that he got obsessed with baking sourdough bread long before th...
Best of Julia Sweeney: Nanaimo Bars
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
By the end of this episode, you'll feel like the charming, hilarious and down-to-earth Julia Sweeney is your best friend! Julia and host Rachel Belle ...
The Leftovers: My new TV show, The Nosh with Rachel Belle
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in to The Nosh with Rachel Belle on April 5 at 8:50pm PST on Cascade PBS, channel 9 in WA and BC, or catch it anytime from anywhere online at www...
Best of: 'Love Is Blind' host Vanessa Lachey
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Lachey’s first book, Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You is rooted in a deep and vulnerable place. Vanessa’s mom left...
The Leftovers with Gavin Rossdale
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If waiting two whole weeks for a new episode of Your Last Meal to drop is way too long, I’ve got something to tide you over. On the weeks we’re ...
Gavin Rossdale: An English Breakfast
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gavin Rossdale, frontman for the grunge band Bush (anyone else have his photo on your wall in 1994??), loves to whip up big meals for friends and fami...
Richard Sherman & Kam Chancellor: Chicken & BBQ
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What do Super Bowl champions do after they retire from football? If you’re Seahawks legends Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor, you open a restauran...
Amanda Knox: Sushi & Italian food
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seattle’s Amanda Knox spent four years in an Italian prison for a murder she didn’t commit, while studying abroad in Perugia. Amanda joined host R...
Moshe Kasher: Gordo's Bean & Cheese Burrito
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a kid, Moshe Kasher (Subculture Vulture, The Endless Honeymoon Podcast, Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy From Oakland Who Became a D...
Audie Cornish: Anything her husband cooks
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Your Last Meal’s most romantic episode! Audie Cornish (CNN reporter and host of CNN’s The Assignment podcast) says her last meal is les...
David Cross: Poutine
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and actor David Cross is best known for his roles as Tobias Fünke on Arrested Development and Mr Show, and he has a new podcast and comedy s...
Rachel Belle on Desert Island Dishes
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Across the pond, in a country far, far away (um, England), Your Last Meal has a podcast cousin! On each episode of Desert Island Dishes, chef and host...
Reggie Watts: Roast Chicken
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reggie Watts is the best kind of weirdo: a comedian, musician and beat-boxer who spent eight years as the house bandleader for The Late Late Show with...
A Thanksgiving Potluck!
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the very first Your Last Meal Thanksgiving! We’re having a big Friendsgiving audio potluck, inviting past guests to contribute a dish to...