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# Laura Prepon, Mussels
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2020/05/laura-prepon-mussels/
- Published: 2020-05-07T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:52:29.000Z
- Description: Actor Laura Prepon (That 70s Show, Orange is the New Black) is the mother of two tiny children and just released a book called You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood. But in her conversation with host Rachel Belle she opens up about her own mother, who was a serious, eccentric
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_7a5a94d7-215f-42df-958d-29181956892b

Actor Laura Prepon (*That 70s Show, Orange is the New Black*) is the mother of two tiny children and just released a book called [*You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood*](https://www.amazon.com/You-Mothers-Honest-Guide-Motherhood/dp/1419742973?ref=cascadepbs.org). But in her conversation with host [Rachel Belle](http://www.hellorachelbelle.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) she opens up about her own mother, who was a serious, eccentric home cook who also taught Laura how to have an eating disorder.  
  
Laura's last meal is a dish she grew up eating at her family's east coast vacation home and a meal she hasn't enjoyed in years because she's either been pregnant or breast feeding.  
  
In honor of Laura's role as Alex, a federal prison inmate on the TV show *Orange is the New Black*, we revisit a 2016 interview Rachel did with the late rapper [Prodigy](https://omny.fm/shows/your-last-meal-with-rachel-belle/prodigy-korean-bbq?ref=cascadepbs.org), who passed away from complications due to sickle cell anemia in 2017\. Prodigy wrote a book called [*Commissary Kitchen: My Infamous Prison Cookbook*](https://www.amazon.com/Commissary-Kitchen-Infamous-Prison-Cookbook/dp/0997146230?ref=cascadepbs.org), featuring recipes he cooked while locked up at various New York state jails. He reveals how inmates procured various ingredients and where they whipped up the sodium dense dishes that created a rare and much welcomed comradery among prisoners.  
  
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