Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Karen Akunowicz, James Beard Award winning chef, Top Chef contestant & chef/owner of Boston’s Fox & the Knife and Bar Vulpe.
In this week’s lightning round, Karen talks about the surprising rules and regulations of opening a restaurant in an airport; what her favorite restaurant in Boston is and where to get the world's best carrot cake.
Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Karen Akunowicz here (cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2026/03/chef-karen-akunowicz-a-maine-lobster-meal/) !
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Order (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747086/open-sesame-by-belle-rachel/?ref=cascadepbs.org) Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Karen Akunowicz, James Beard Award winning chef, Top Chef contestant & chef/owner of Boston’s Fox & the Knife and Bar Vulpe.
In this week’s lightning round, Karen talks about the surprising rules and regulations of opening a restaurant in an airport; what her favorite restaurant in Boston is and where to get the world's best carrot cake.
Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Karen Akunowicz here (cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2026/03/chef-karen-akunowicz-a-maine-lobster-meal/) !
Become a Cascade PBS member (secure.cascadepublicmedia.org/page/133995/donate/1?ref=cascadepbs.org) and support public media!
Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. (video.cascadepbs.org/show/the-nosh-with-rachel-belle/episodes?ref=cascadepbs.org)
Sign up (secure.cascadepublicmedia.org/page/133765/subscribe/1?ref=cascadepbs.org) for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings.
Follow along on Instagram. (instagram.com/hellorachelbelle/?hl=en&ref=cascadepbs.org)
Order (penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747086/open-sesame-by-belle-rachel/?ref=cascadepbs.org) Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.
