Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.

Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.

This is your last meal.

I'm your host, Rachel Bell.

In every episode, I interview a celebrity about what they would want to eat for their last meal,

and then we explore the history of that food, the culture, and whatever else we can cram into 30 minutes.

Today on the program, chef, restaurateur, TV personality, cookbook author, and philanthropist, Mario Battali.

What's your dog's name?

The dog's name is Willie Nelson Battali.

Does he have little braids?

No, he has red hair just like Willie Nelson, though.

I'll show you a picture.

I'll show you a picture later.

But he looks remarkably like Willie Nelson down to the little soul patch. And we don't coiff him at all. He naturally looks like. That's just how he looks. He's just

not, he's not allowed to smoke weed in the house. Mario recently had the honor of cooking President

Obama's final state dinner at the White House. And we're definitely going to talk with him about that

later. We'll also hear from a former White House chef who cooked for both Bush administrations and the Clintons, which I like to think of as

a little Clinton sandwich with Bush for bread. But right now, we're going to jump head first

into the big question. Well, let's talk about the reason that I made you come here today, your last

meal. What would your last meal be? Well, I must point out that given everything in the world,

I would honestly say that my last meal, the company might be more important than the food.

But that's it. I do have food already thought out just in case. Yeah. My last meal would have,

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