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# Mayim Bialik, Pickled Tomatoes & an Ice Cold Coke
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2021/04/mayim-bialik-pickled-tomatoes-an-ice-cold-coke/
- Published: 2021-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:52:15.000Z
- Description: Actor Mayim Bialik (Blossom, Big Bang Theory, Call Me Kat) is a pickle monster. If it's crunchy, face puckering sour and floating in brine, chances are she's going to love it. Pickles are one of humanity's most ancient foods, so host Rachel Belle consults with Jan Davison, author of Pickles, a Glo
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_0e4cfb6f-7e6b-48fe-a1ad-bde275eae6bc

Actor [Mayim Bialik](https://www.bialikbreakdown.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) (*Blossom, Big Bang Theory, Call Me Kat*) is a pickle monster. If it's crunchy, face puckering sour and floating in brine, chances are she's going to love it. Pickles are one of humanity's most ancient foods, so host [Rachel Belle](https://www.instagram.com/hellorachelbelle/?hl=en&ref=cascadepbs.org) consults with Jan Davison, author of [*Pickles, a Global History*](https://www.amazon.com/Pickles-Global-History-Jan-Davison/dp/178023919X?ref=cascadepbs.org) to suss out their origin story and Alan Kaufman, owner of [The Pickle Guys](https://www.pickleguys.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org), Manhattan's last standing pickle shop.

Mayim also shares her journey to veganism, her favorite Jewish holiday foods and what it's been like since she revealed that she's in recovery for an eating disorder that developed in her 40s.

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Check out *Every Day is a Food Day,* a podcast that explores the stories, scandals, holidays and heroes behind your favorite foods, hosted by Anna Van Valin and Lia Ballentine. Listen on [Apple Podcasts](https://apple.co/2JuiyJr?ref=cascadepbs.org), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/10Yg9LTolb51YhPAFlRRIx?ref=cascadepbs.org), or wherever you're listening to *Your Last Meal*!  
  
  
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