Veteran comedian Paula Poundstone loves Ring Dings, her favorite little chocolate snack cakes only sold in a handful of East Coast states. She once told a very skeptical Michael Pollan, on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, that they are her reason for living. 

So host Rachel Belle interviews the pastry chef/owner of The Ring Ding Bar in New York City, a bakery that’s recreated the confection with “real ingredients” in 25 flavors.  

Paula talks about how she lived on a Greyhound bus in the 80s, when she didn’t have enough money for motels, why you should read the recipe on the marshmallow fluff jar very carefully, and why Dick Van Dyke will most likely never have dinner at Paula’s house again.  

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Veteran comedian<a href="https://paulapoundstone.com/"> Paula Poundstone</a> loves Ring Dings, her favorite little chocolate snack cakes only sold in a handful of East Coast states. She once told a very skeptical Michael Pollan, on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, that they are her reason for living.&nbsp;
So host Rachel Belle interviews the pastry chef/owner of <a href="https://www.ringdingbar.com/home">The Ring Ding Bar</a> in New York City, a bakery that&rsquo;s recreated the confection with &ldquo;real ingredients&rdquo; in 25 flavors. &nbsp;
Paula talks about how she lived on a Greyhound bus in the 80s, when she didn&rsquo;t have enough money for motels, why you should read the recipe on the marshmallow fluff jar&nbsp;very carefully, and why Dick Van Dyke will most likely never have dinner at Paula&rsquo;s house again. &nbsp;
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YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, cookbook author and Cascade PBS TV hostRachel Belle. 

Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron & Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who created Lady Gaga's meat dress to the ice cream scientists at Ben & Jerry's. 

YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747086/open-sesame-by-belle-rachel/">cookbook</a> author and Cascade PBS <a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/the-nosh-with-rachel-belle/">TV host</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hellorachelbelle/?hl=en">Rachel Belle.</a>&nbsp;
Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron &amp; Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who created Lady Gaga's meat dress to the ice cream scientists at Ben &amp; Jerry's.&nbsp;

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