The Leftovers with Alexis Nikole Nelson

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.   

This week on "The Leftovers," never-before-heard audio from bestselling, award-winning humor writer David Sedaris, to celebrate his new book of essays, "The Land and Its People." David tells me: What snacks he stops for on his daily 10+ mile walks About the incredible, homemade dessert his husband makes for his birthday The type of person he loves to share a meal with Where to find the best doughnut in New York City Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with David Sedaris 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. 

Bestselling author David Sedaris has been writing our favorite funny books for more than 30 years, and his newest book of essays is called "The Land and Its People."  David tells me: Why he never orders room service, even though he stays at hotels all the time How his childhood dinner table helped him become a better storyteller  How many boxes of Jello he eats every day (!!) His husband can recreate any meal, even one of David's favorite childhood dishes, despite never having tried it himself!  And more! Then I chat with Sarah Masoni at the Food Innovation Center in Portland, Oregon, who The New York Times has called "The Million Dollar Palate." Sarah can pick out every single ingredient in a dish she tastes, and uses her skills to help some of the country's most popular brands formulate tasty products.  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. 

This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from 4x Grammy-nominated artist Grace Potter!Grace talks about: Her disdain for wet foods and her high tolerance for dry ones! Her favorite diner foods, as a touring musician who stops at a lot of them! What she prefers to eat instead of sweets! Her deep love for Gilligan's Island! And more! Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Grace Potter 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. 

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Grace Potter grew up in a tiny Vermont mountain town with hippie artist parents who encouraged her and her siblings to live highly creative lives! Grace tells me about: The most ambitious cooking she's done on a tour bus The food that is currently banned from the tour bus! The meal that turned her chips & dip loving son into a restaurant appreciator at age seven The story behind her childhood kitchen table   Her favorite road trip snack And lots more! Then we meet a British chef who cooks intricate meals in hotel rooms using the tools it comes with: an iron, hair dryer and electric kettle! Grace Potter's new album is called Trespasser.  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.