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# Geraldine DeRuiter: Her Husband's Carbonara
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2024/06/geraldine-deruiter-her-husbands-carbonara/
- Published: 2024-06-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:49:45.000Z
- Description: In her latest book, If You Can’t Take the Heat, Geraldine DeRuiter uses food, humor and her own (often ridiculous!) life to explore the topic of feminism.
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_2bcbafa4-d480-4953-abc3-e8857da5dbaf

In her latest book, *If You Can’t Take the Heat*, [Geraldine DeRuiter](https://www.everywhereist.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) uses food, humor and her own (often ridiculous!) life to explore the topic of feminism.

Geraldine has a way of, as she puts it, “going bonkers viral.” Millions of people read her James Beard Award-winning blog post, “[I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls from Mario Batali’s Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter](https://www.everywhereist.com/2018/01/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/?ref=cascadepbs.org),”and her essay about a bizarre experience at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Italy inspired a front-page New York Times article.

Over the course of two interviews ([host Rachel Belle](https://www.instagram.com/hellorachelbelle/?hl=en&ref=cascadepbs.org) forgot to ask Geraldine a *very* important question the first time around), Geraldine and Rachel bond over the strange (read: disgusting) things they ate as children and the absolute best way to make and eat popcorn, plus Geraldine shares her last meal, which is almost entirely cooked by her husband.

Romans take their carbonara very seriously and insist it be cooked using “traditional” ingredients. But Rome-based culinary guide and cookbook author [Katie Parla](https://katieparla.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) says modern-day Italian carbonara is not as authentic as passionate locals think it is.

Watch Rachel's Cascade PBS TV show [The Nosh with Rachel Belle!](https://www.kcts9.org/show/the-nosh-with-rachel-belle/episodes?ref=cascadepbs.org)

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