John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls): Sweet Lady Jane Apple Pie

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle

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4.4 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When John Rzeznik is on tour, he only requests one thing: a plain, grilled chicken breast. But, to his frustration and amusement, chefs can't resist zhuzhing up the bird with their own brand of pizzazz. He shares his long, arduous chicken-y journey with host Rachel Belle, including the story of a celebrity chef who tried to come to his rescue.

John wants to cap off his last meal with a deep dish apple pie from Sweet Lady Jane, a Los Angeles institution frequented by folks like Barbra Streisand and the Kardashians, so Rachel calls them up to find out what makes the pie so special.

And while we're on the subject of pie, John has plenty to say about pizza -- his favorite pizzerias just so happen to be two of the oldest in the United States. Host Rachel Belle chats with the owner of NYC's Lombardi's, America's first pizzeria.

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0:00.0	Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.
0:05.8	Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.
0:11.6	Cairo, Seattle.
0:27.1	I'm Rachel Bell, and this is your last meal,
0:31.3	a show about famous people and the stories behind the foods they love most.
0:37.7	Today on the program, John Resnick, founder, frontman, and guitarist for the Goo Goo Dolls.
0:51.2	John is a man who loves pie in all of its delicious forms.
0:55.8	I chat with the owner of America's first pizzeria. They claim to have created the iconic New York style pizza. And then we'll head to a Los Angeles dessert institution to learn
1:01.8	all about John's absolute favorite apple pie.
1:10.0	John grew up in a Polish neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, in a big Polish family.
1:15.4	Strangely enough, I don't really like Polish food.
1:18.3	I really don't like Polish food.
1:20.0	I don't know why.
1:20.5	I love pierogi.
1:21.7	And that's the thing about when you go to Buffalo, there are places where they handmake them and everything's in scratch.
1:29.6	And my sisters also do that at Christmas time.
1:32.7	They'll make homemade pierogi.
1:34.2	And I love sauerkraut pierogi and the potato pierogi.
1:38.3	And then they chop up the onions very slow.
1:41.0	And then butter.
1:42.4	Boom.
1:43.2	And a cast iron frying pan, butter.
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