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🗓️ 8 April 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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It's been 41 years since Raffi's hit children's song Baby Beluga was released and he's still plucking away at the guitar and writing new tunes. Raffi is arguably the most famous performer of children's music in North America, but he's also an outspoken environmentalist and activist for climate change, which greatly influences the way he eats (read: so many vegetables!).
Raffi loves pesto, a seemingly simple, five ingredient, raw Italian sauce. But every time host Rachel Belle makes a batch, she's disappointed. So Daniel Gritzer, culinary director for Serious Eats and recipe tester of many pestos, breaks down what it takes to make the most delicious, creamy, vibrant green pesto. Hint: you won't be needing your food processor.
Keeping with the theme of children's entertainment and food, Rachel chats with Erika Thormahlen and Jeremy Konner, creators of the wonderful new Netflix show Waffles and Mochi, a food and travel program for kids starring two culinary curious puppets. It's the first show produced by Michelle and Barack Obama's new production company, Higher Ground.
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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. |
0:30.7 | I'm Rachel Bell, and this is your last meal, a show about famous people and the stories behind the foods they love most. |
0:36.5 | Today on the program, The Share, the Madonna of children's music, Rafi. |
0:39.5 | Baby Baluga in the deep blue sea. |
0:43.0 | Swim so wild and you swim so free. |
0:49.0 | Heaven above and the sea below and a little white whale on the gold. |
0:53.6 | Rafi is arguably the world's most famous performer of children's music. |
0:56.2 | And he's also a huge advocate for children. |
0:59.6 | He has a nonprofit called the Rafi Foundation for Child Honoring. He's a very outspoken environmentalist and activist for climate change, |
1:03.9 | and his values greatly influenced the way he eats. |
1:07.1 | Rafi has eaten mostly vegetarian for decades. |
1:10.1 | Russell sprouts, mm, broccoli, mm. |
1:14.7 | Rafi loves pesto, which is a seemingly simple sauce to make, |
1:20.0 | but every time I've attempted it, it has been mediocre at best. |
1:24.3 | So Daniel Gritzer, culinary director for serious eats, |
1:27.4 | is going to teach us the secret |
1:29.0 | to making the brightest, creamiest, bestest his homemade pesto. I am very excited to try his method. |
1:35.9 | And keeping with the theme of children's entertainment and food, I chat with Erica Thormalin |
1:40.6 | and Jeremy Connor, creators of the wonderful new Netflix show, Waffles and Mochi. |
1:46.5 | It's a food program for kids that happens to be the very first show produced by the Obama's |
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