Rachel Belle (Your Last Meal podcast, The Nosh with Rachel Belle TV series, plus her new cookbook, Open Sesame) joins us to talk about the process of creating a cookbook, what the James Beard Award show is like IRL, being a teenage metalhead, and the value of getting out of the house. We also discuss tough interviews, Christopher Kimball's sartorial acumen, and William Shatner's can't-miss idea for a new TV show.

Plus Mark and Meg go to the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, and all the local restaurant news that's fit to podcast about!

Learn more about Rachel and Your Last Meal

Rachel's book Open Sesame

The Nosh with Rachel Belle on Cascade PBS

00:00 Intro

03:46 Rachel’s Cookbook Open Sesame

05:13 The Benefits of IRL

07:33 Rachel’s Most Challenging Interview

08:33 William Shatner’s TV Show Idea

10:18 The Origin of Your Last Meal

11:19 The Nosh

12:47 The Process of Creating a Cookbook

20:47 This Week’s News

27:39 What the James Beard Awards Are Like

34:10 Thanks, I Ate It

45:00 Food Bingo Card and Other Food Goals

48:43 Coming Up Next Week!