This is an excerpt from Tan’s conversation with J Kenji Lopez-Alt and Rachel Belle about their Thanksgiving meal preparation tips. But mostly it’s about green bean casserole.This was recorded at a Seattle Eats live event at Town Hall Seattle on Nov 10, 2025.

References from this episode:
The recipe for Tan’s favorite Thanksgiving side dish, green bean casserole.
In Memory of Dorkus Reilly inventor of the green bean casserole


Seattle Eats is a production of The Seattle Times and KUOW, part of the NPR Network. You can support Seattle Eats by investing in the local newsrooms and the specialized beats that make this sort of storytelling possible. Please consider joining and subscribing at kuow.org/eats and seattletimes.com.

This is an excerpt from Tan&rsquo;s conversation with J Kenji Lopez-Alt and Rachel Belle about their Thanksgiving meal preparation tips. But mostly it&rsquo;s about green bean casserole.This was recorded at a Seattle Eats live event at Town Hall Seattle on Nov 10, 2025.
References from this episode:
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<li aria-level="1">The recipe for Tan&rsquo;s favorite Thanksgiving side dish, <a href="https://www.campbells.com/recipes/green-bean-casserole/">green bean casserole</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.thecampbellscompany.com/newsroom/nutrition/memory-american-inventor-dorcas-reilly/">In Memory of Dorkus Reilly inventor of the green bean casserole</a></li>
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 Seattle Eats is a production of The Seattle Times and KUOW, part of the NPR Network. You can support Seattle Eats by investing in the local newsrooms and the specialized beats that make this sort of storytelling possible. Please consider joining and subscribing at&nbsp;<a href="http://kuow.org/eats">kuow.org/eats</a> and <a href="http://seattletimes.com">seattletimes.com</a>.

Seattle is a buffet of great food... if you know where to look. Seattle Times journalist Tan Vinh invites listeners to the area's hottest restaurants, road-side food stalls and everywhere in between to find the best meals in the city and to meet the people who make them sing.

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Seattle Eats is a production of The Seattle Times and KUOW, part of the NPR Network

Seattle is a buffet of great food... if you know where to look. Seattle Times journalist Tan Vinh invites listeners to the area's hottest restaurants, road-side food stalls and everywhere in between to find the best meals in the city and to meet the people who make them sing.
New episodes every other Thursday.
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Seattle Eats with Tan Vinh

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt and Rachel Belle share their Thanksgiving dinner tips with Tan Vinh at the Seattle Eats live event from Town Hall Seattle. 

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