James Beard Award winning chef, cookbook author and "Top Chef: All-Stars" winner Melissa King has a fantastic new memoir out called "The Girl Who Became King."

Melissa tells host Rachel Belle:

• About her childhood obsession with Martin Yan and "Yan Can Cook."
• How being a contestant on "Top Chef" was like going to therapy.
• The story behind her "Top Chef" winning dish, Hong Kong milk tea tiramisu.

Melissa is a fan of the traditional Chinese dish stinky tofu, a flavor and aroma that many Americans aren’t accustomed to. Rachel chats with a southern California restaurant owner who is fighting to keep stinky tofu on his menu after facing multiple fines from the city. Sign the stinky tofu petition!

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This week on "The Leftovers," never-before-heard audio from Bridget Lancaster & Julia Collin Davison, hosts of America's Test Kitchen, the most-watched show on public television!

In this episode, Julia & Bridget:

• Learn that they share the same favorite birthday cake!
• Share their favorite food films & food-themed children's books!
• Talk about the best gifts they've received from each other over the past 30 years.

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Julia Collin Davison & Bridget Lancaster co-host the most-watched cooking show on public television – "America’s Test Kitchen!" The brand also publishes magazines and cookbooks, like their brand new baking book, "The New Cookie: Creative Takes on the Classics You Love."

Julia & Bridget chat with host Rachel Belle about:

• How many times they test each recipe (so many times!) and how much it costs to produce a single recipe (it's so much!).
• How they met their chef husbands (we love a good meet-cute!).
• Which food related words give them the ick.
• How many different varieties of butter they have in their refrigerators.

Then we’ll head to Waco, Texas to visit the Dr Pepper Museum. What are the 23 flavors that make up Dr Pepper? How did it get its name? Why were sodas invented in pharmacies? Listen and find out!

• Get tickets to Food Fight on November 10th, 2026!
• Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media!
• Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle.
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• Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.