This week on The Main Course, Patrick and Katy are joined by Angela Miller, Manny Howard and Ron Silver. Angela and Manny talk about their farming discoveries, and Ron discusses how Bubbys came to be and what he thinks of local ingredients.
Rose Levy Beranbaum of Roses Heavenly Cakes called in to break down the different types of cake out there. Gina DePalma of Babbo and Michael Laiskonis of Le Bernadin reflected on pastrys journey in the last decade from whimsy to irony.
Patrick and Katy host Barbara Fairchild, Editor in Chief of Bon Appetit magazine. She discusses what its like to create fresh content for a readership of 1.6 million. Also on the show, Sam Mogannam and Ruth Van Waerebeek-Gonzalez.
Food literature legend Peter Kaminsky talks pigs, fire and flavors on the first hour, and Mike Edison defends Manhattan against the Williamsburg hipsters on the second hour.
Patrick calls into the show from Sullivan County with guests Anne Saxelby, Sonja Hedlund, Chally Comer, Dan Purdy and Mario Fantasma. Later in the show, the guys from Bion Technologies explain how to make energy from animal waste.
Alice Waters, Sarah Copeland, Nancy Easton and Ian Marvey all join in on an important discussion on improving the quality of our institutionalized food.
Patrick Martins and Mike Edison speak to Ben Flanner about rooftop farms, Scott Smith about BBQ, and Jason Boog about the iPad and the future of publishing.
We are we disconnected to our food? Patrick Martins hosts a discussion with Peter Hoffman, Damien Sansonetti and Shanna Pacifico. Mike Edison and Keith Elliot Greenberg preview Wrestlemania 26 on the second half.
Steve Pope on how to cook heritage, Zarela Martinez talks Mexican food here and there, and Lisa Tucker explains the trouble with legislating for farmers.
Alec Bradford of Leaping Waters Farms talks about what it takes to run a farm and raise rare breeds. Also on the show, Steve Pope and Mike Edison.
2 hr 11 min
About The Main Course
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The Main Course was the first show to ever debut on Heritage Radio Network (HRN) back in April 2009 and the first show to reach 200 episodes! Now called The Main Course O.G., its original host and HRN…
founder, Patrick Martins is joined by Emily Pearson of Heritage Foods, Brandon Hoy owner of Roberta’s and author/musician-in-residence, Mike Edison. Each week special guests join the panel to discuss entertaining topics of the moment in a no-holds-barred roundtable format that will surely make you laugh — from CBD oil to Meghan Markle to Jewish tête-oir and stories of iconic food and culture visionaries. The round table is followed by a short interview with our visiting guests which include America’s smartest chefs, farmers, artisans, and activists.