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I'm Rachel Bell and this is your last meal.

The show where usually celebrities share stories about the foods they love most,

and we usually dig into the history, culture, or science of those meals with experts from around the world.

But today on the program.

It's the Your Last Meal presidential election episode.

Food can play a significant role in politics and elections, as candidates try and show how relatable they are through the foods they eat and the restaurants they visit.

Award-winning New York Times food reporter Kim Severson wrote an article this summer about Kamala Harris's cooking prowess.

She wrote, quote, only a handful of presidents have had a keen interest in cooking.

But no candidate this close to the White House has the kitchen skills of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Cooking is just a natural part of her life, and she's very seamlessly used it as part of her

first presidential campaign. Then I speak with American food scholar Casey Highsmith about

presidential candidate Donald Trump's tastes. He likes his steak really well done and with ketchup.

I don't know if you've heard about his diet Coke with a seven step per standard operating

procedure.

No, please tell me.

We'll talk about what food was always present at the very first elections in the 13 colonies

and have a little chuckle over some embarrassing moments from years past

when a politician's public display of eating went terribly wrong. Here's a hot tip, never have

your photo taken while eating a corn dog. All right, America, let's get into it. For decades, presidential candidates have made a show of eating on the campaign trail.

Pork chops on a stick at the Iowa State Fair.

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