The Leftovers with Dawn Richard

About this episode

Dawn Richard shares her experiences and culinary inspirations in a lively discussion.

This week on The Leftovers, never-before-heard audio from Dawn Richard , singer; animator and Adult Swim creative consultant and owner of Papa Ted’s vegan food truck in New Orleans. In a lightning round, Dawn talks about graduating from college at the same time as her dad and her grandma, which food celebrity she admires most and how she finds a way to "New Orleansify" everything she cooks! Listen to the full episode of Your Last Meal with Dawn Richard here. Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media! Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV show The Nosh with Rachel Belle. Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings. Follow along on Instagram. Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Belle

Guest: Dawn Richard

Topics covered

• food
• cooking
• New Orleans cuisine
• music
• vegan food
• family

Keywords

• Dawn Richard
• vegan food
• New Orleans
• cooking
• music
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Papa Ted’s, Cascade PBS

Books & works: Open Sesame, The Nosh with Rachel Belle

Places: New Orleans

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