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Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

The Leftovers with Alice Waters

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle

Arts, Food

4.8730 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Alice Waters, award winning chef, creator of the iconic 54-year-old restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley California, food activist and author of the new cookbook, “A School Lunch Revolution.” 

In this week’s lightning round, Alice talks about a memorable school lunch from her own childhood, her signature holiday dish, and her favorite comfort food, as someone who eats extremely healthfully, local and organic.  

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I couldn't be more thrilled that your Last Meals' newest sponsor is Visit Langley.

0:04.7

The adorable seaside village of Langley on Woodby Island and Washington State is one of my

0:09.3

favorite places on earth. And since it's only about a 30-minute drive to the ferry from Seattle

0:13.9

and a gorgeous 20-minute ferry ride, I visit all the time. But this month, you're going to want to

0:19.4

spend the whole weekend there.

0:25.6

Holiday shopping at the quaint locally owned shops. One of my favorites is Greyhorse Mercantile,

0:30.5

where you can get all of your artisanal beautifully packaged tin fish and chocolate and spices,

0:36.0

find some treasures at Mutiny Bay Antiques, or pop into edit for chic, well-crafted clothing,

0:37.6

and artful home goods.

0:43.0

Then sitting down for excellent local seafood or pizza with a view of the Saratoga Passage in the Cascade Mountains.

0:44.5

Langley is so cute, you will feel like the main character in your very own hallmark movie.

0:49.7

So put on a chunky sweater, get a steamy, cozy beverage from a Langley Cafe, and live out your

0:55.1

Western Washington Winter Dreams, just like I just lived out my alliteration dreams. Plan your visit.

1:00.1

Go to visit langley.com.

1:10.7

Welcome to The Leftovers. I'm Rachel Bell. The Leftovers is audio left on the cutting room floor from last week's your last meal interview. And today you'll hear never before heard cuts from Alice Waters. Award winning chef, creator of the iconic 54-year-old restaurant Sheepenis in Berkeley, California,

1:30.0

food activist, and author of the new cookbook, A School Lunch Revolution.

1:35.2

Last week, Alice talked about how schools can bring local organic produce into their cafeterias

1:41.1

while staying on budget. And with all of this talk about school lunch,

1:45.0

I was curious what she packed for her own daughter when she was small.

1:49.0

I packed her things that she could dip in the vinegar.

1:53.0

I was always leather sleeves because she looked at us and she could dip there.

1:59.0

Did she have the same thing I had as someone who also had a healthy

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