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# J. Ryan Stradal: Shakshuka at Barbary Fig
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2024/07/j-ryan-stradal-shakshuka-at-barbary-fig/
- Published: 2024-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:49:42.000Z
- Description: The New York Times bestselling novelist J. Ryan Stradel tells host Rachel Belle it was “totally weird to be a teenage foodie in the 1990s.”
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_57797a9e-88ac-4ca7-8679-5e99ac232b97

*The New York Times* bestselling novelist [J. Ryan Stradel](http://www.jryanstradal.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) tells host[ Rachel Belle](https://www.instagram.com/hellorachelbelle/?hl=en&ref=cascadepbs.org) it was “totally weird to be a teenage foodie in the 1990s.”

He couldn’t wait to get his driver’s license so he could drive into the Twin Cities and eat at restaurants serving mysterious, flavorful, global food — a complete contrast to the bland dishes his parents cooked at home.

Food plays a role in all three of Stradal’s novels, all set in his home state of Minnesota: *Kitchens of the Great Midwest, The Lager Queen of Minnesota* and *Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club* — supper clubs being a uniquely Midwestern throwback institution. Rachel chats with the owners of two multigenerational supper clubs,[ Lehman’s](http://lehmanssupperclub.net/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2xKamsAHz1%5FCkv0gaOOEIECOpwjdV4CFigtmBhp8aquTzA-tHpjgLXcrI%5Faem%5FqIfw3afPzZFg5XLHa1ZtqQ&ref=cascadepbs.org) and [Ettlin’s Ranchero](https://rancherosupperclub.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org), about what sets them apart from other restaurants.

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