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# John Early: Pasta all'Amatriciana
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/podcasts/your-last-meal/2024/09/john-early-pasta-allamatriciana/
- Published: 2024-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-05T19:49:33.000Z
- Description: Growing up in Nashville with two ministers for parents, John Early’s (Search Party, John Early: Now More Than Ever) formative food memories are linked with church, where the sermons were boring but the donuts were plentiful. Plenty of people go out for breakfast after church on Sundays, but not m
- Author: Rachel Belle
- Tags: Your Last Meal, #podcast, #delete-this-tag, #dovetail_9acdf422-19f4-4ff8-9d4d-7788fc9af14a

Growing up in Nashville with two ministers for parents,[ John Early](https://www.instagram.com/bejohnce/?hl=en&ref=cascadepbs.org)’s (*Search Party, John Early: Now More Than Eve*r) formative food memories are linked with church, where the sermons were boring but the donuts were plentiful. Plenty of people go out for breakfast after church on Sundays, but not many know that one of America’s most beloved brunch foods descended from the wafers placed on tongues in the Catholic church in medieval Europe.

John and host Rachel Belle discuss when it’s OK and when it’s not OK to send a dish back in a restaurant. Then etiquette expert Lizzie [Post ](https://emilypost.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org)chimes in with her professional opinion on that and other modern dining dilemmas.

John Early is on tour now with his all-new comedy show – [click here](https://www.johnearlyxxx.com/?ref=cascadepbs.org) to get tickets. And [here ](https://www.grubstreet.com/2018/10/comedian-john-early-grub-street-diet.html?ref=cascadepbs.org)to read his Grub Street Diet, discussed in the episode!

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