Tom Papa: A Steak Dinner

Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle

Rachel Belle

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4.4 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tom Papa is a bread nerd. The comedian, author and podcast host is quick to point out that he got obsessed with baking sourdough bread long before the pandemic sourdough craze. He loves to talk about sourdough, read about sourdough and, of course, bake and eat sourdough. So host Rachel Belle chats with the owner of a Seattle bakery that uses a sourdough starter that’s more than 150 years old.

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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.
0:20.0	I'm Rachel Bell and this is your last meal.
0:23.6	The show where celebrities share stories about the foods they love most, and we dig into the history,
0:28.2	culture, and science of those meals with experts from around the world.
0:31.9	Today on the program, actor and comedian Tom Papa.
0:36.5	Tom has four comedy specials streaming on Netflix.
0:39.8	He's written two books.
0:41.0	He's on a big comedy tour right now through the end of July.
0:44.2	And he's a big sourdough bread baker.
0:47.5	Tom hosted a show on the food network called Baked.
0:49.8	And he has a podcast called Breaking Bread with Tom Papa.
0:54.0	And yes, Tom has been baking sourdough since before the pandemic.
0:58.7	How did you really feel when everybody became a sourdough baker?
1:01.8	Did you feel this possessive?
1:03.4	Like, this is my hobby.
1:05.2	Yes, I did.
1:06.5	When I saw Jake Gellon Hall on Colbert talking about his bread baking and how he's really into it,
1:12.7	I'm like, I love him, but as soon as he can get out of his house, he's not baking bread anymore.
1:18.1	He's going to go back to like water skiing on two dolphins.
1:21.1	Right. Yeah. Exactly. And I'll be still making bread.
1:27.1	Tom may have started baking sourdough before the pandemic, but I chat with a Seattle bread baker
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