Pink Martini: A 14-Course French Feast + Thanksgiving

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle

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4.4 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Pink Martini is celebrating 30 years of global music, and for the band’s pearl anniversary, China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto dish on oysters (get it?!), the group’s unusual origin story and Thanksgiving dinner.

It may be March, but thanks to lead vocalist China Forbes’ last meal, we’re talking turkey! China is very particular about which seven dishes should appear on her Thanksgiving table, so host Rachel Belle consults with a food historian about what was eaten at the very first harvest feast.

Pink Martini is a Portland, Oregon-based band, but they sing in 30 languages and have played with more than 70 orchestras in the world’s best concert halls – which means they have eaten their way around the world! Timothy reveals his last meal, a spectacular feast eaten on one of those tours abroad.

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0:00.0	Alaska Airlines has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to create new nonstop international flights.
0:05.8	Go to Alaskaair.com or Hawaiian Airlines.com and I'll tell you more details later in the show.
0:19.7	I'm Rachel Bell and this is your last meal.
0:22.9	The show where celebrities share stories about the foods they love most,
0:26.2	and we dig into the history, culture, or science of those meals with experts from around the world.
0:31.7	Today on the program, China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto from Pink Martini.
0:53.7	Pink Martini is a global orchestra with more than a dozen members.
0:57.8	China is the lead singer, and Timothy is a vocalist and percussionist.
1:02.7	And the Portland, Oregon bass band is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a tour and a new album.
1:09.7	They're playing seven shows in the Pacific Northwest in April before jetting off to Europe and then coming back to the U.S. for more shows.
1:16.9	So get your tickets now.
1:18.8	Pink Martini has sold more than 3 million records on its independent label, Heinz Records,
1:24.2	and played with more than 70 orchestras from around the world.
1:27.7	Everywhere from the Los Angeles Philhar Harmonic to the Sydney Opera House.
1:31.6	If you check your calendar, you will notice it is March.
1:34.3	But thanks to China's last meal, today on the show, we're celebrating Thanksgiving.
1:39.2	We'll learn the history of the holiday and about a woman with the best worst name ever, Dorkis Riley, who is responsible
1:45.8	for inventing an iconic Thanksgiving dish. That's coming up later in the show, but first,
1:51.8	my conversation with Pink Martini's China Forbes and Timothy Nishimoto.
1:56.6	I appreciate of you. Like I mentioned, pink martini is celebrating 30 years as a band.
2:13.1	I looked up what the gift is for a 30th anniversary.
2:15.7	Do you know?
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