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First Aired - 02/20/2011 12:00PM
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This week's guest on The Main Course is Jacquie Berger, Executive Director of Just Food. Jacquie demonstrates how allowing communities to work alongside the organization helps Just Food helps connect farmers and families. Tune in and learn more about the upcoming CSA Conference on March 5th and find out why restaurant supported agriculture is so important in today's fight for good food. Later on the show, Deborah Krasner - author of Good Meat. Deborah breaks the book down and explains how keeping a strict meat diet taught her the real benefits of pasture raised product. Tune in for the debut of HRN's very own Chicago Dispatch with correspondent Heather Sperling. This episode was sponsored by Fairway Market. For more information visit www.fairwaymarket.com
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The Main Course Introduction (8:49)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Fairway Market, Steve Jenkins, conference recap, Francis Schott, The Restaurant Guys, defending the $10/pound heritage turkey,Jacquie Berger of Just Food (17:56)
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Jacquie Berger, Just Food, a just and sustainable food system, making sure all New Yorkers can overcome the obsticles standing in the way of good food in their communities, urban farmers, local farmers, CSA, food justice, advocacy, beekeeping, community and food education, people don't know how to eat seasonally, good food movement, building a community, meeting your farmer, micro communities, the term CSA is being blurred in NYC, Just Food supports a bare bones model, no middle man, www.justfood.org, Farm School NYC,More on Just Food (23:32)
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JustFood.org, Just Food gets support from many different organizations, sustainable funding, the art of running a major non profit, no frills attitude, allowing communities to work in partnership with the organization, restaurant supported agriculture, The Black Project, community food education program, cooking demonstrations, bridging language gaps, Food sovereignty, do we have food rights?, some communities don't have options, advocacy training programs, farm fresh produce, subsidy programs, Wholesome Wave, Paul Newman, Michel Nischan, organic labeling, people need access to fresh produce, food stamps, nutrition entitlement programs, food reports, why are there so many organizations with the same goals?, CSA Conference on March 5th, go if you want to learn anything about local food, meat CSAs,Deborah Krasner (20:02)
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Deborah Krasner, Good Meat, pasture raised animals are different and better for you, it tastes better and cooks much differently, when you buy a whole animal the price goes down substantially, all meat diet, drop in cholesterol level, health benefits of grassfed and pasture raised meat, different health profiles emerge when you eat this food, EatWild.com, farmers county by county, Dickson's Farmstead Meats, decision tree, cut by cut, whole animal cooking, creating a recipe for every part of every animal, ofal, unfamiliar cuts, overcooking heritage meats makes it taste like commodity, differences between commodity and pasture raised meat, never overcook grassfed meat, fast and hot or low and slow, braising cuts,Sam Edwards Calls in (15:54)
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Sam Edwards, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, SurryFarms.com, treating pasture raised product different, fat ratio, marbling, aging, curing, differences in feed, weight differences in breeds, using food stamps at CSA's, revolving loan funds, 40 pounds of meat can still fit in a small freezer, the more you buy the cheaper it is, meat can go pretty far, meat as a condiment, not always the center of the plate, steak as a status symbol, puritan qualities, Bernie Sanders,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/08/2011 12:00PM
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What happens when Nastassia "The Hammer" Lopez is not in studio with Dave? He gets a chance to go on (and on) about espresso techniques and what makes lever machines different (and better) than pump machines. Dave also answers many of your submitted questions including solving issues such as sous vide duck confit, brisket cooking techniques and fried chicken recipes. Tune in for some closure on last week's chocolate chip cookie question and learn why Dave sometimes questions the claims of food companies (even if they are sponsors of HRN). This episode was sponsored by The Barterhouse. For more information visit www.thebarterhouse.com
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Cooking Issues Introduction (12:03)
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Cooking Issues, Dave Arnold, Nastassia Lopez, she is in Florida driving an RV, Food Museum Fundraiser, everybody will be there, Sunday March 27th, email question, infusing aroma into jams and jellies, essential oils, pectin will melt but won't totally release when you heat it, follow up on the chocolate chip cookie question, try using high protein flower, won't make it chewy in a bad way, will limit spread, iSi, Twist n Sparkle, whip cream chargers, rapid infusions, thermo whipper, insulated like a thermos,The Perfect Espresso (22:49)
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360 Cookware, vapor technology, Dave was not sure of what vapor technology meant, Sam Edwards, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, reader went back and tried the Surryano ham, thought it was delicious, Martha Stewart centrifuge, she canceled on the Cooking Issues team because of the bad weather, centrifuge repair, ultra pasteurization milk, cheese and foam making properties, mozzarella cheese from scratch, try with curd first, if milk is too pasteurized the denatured weight proteins prevent a good gel from forming, making foam for cappuccino, foam stabilizing, Dave assumes that ultra high pasteurized milk does not foam as well, any moron can produce bubbles, microfoam is the key, dense microfoam, bubbles are so small they are not visible, coffeegeek.com, lever pulled espresso, home espresso machine, espresso needs 135 psi of pressure, lever machine vs pumps,Brisket, Fried Chicken & Duck Confit (11:25)
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clarification techniques on the centrifuge, tubers, taro, kidney stones, there are many foods you can't eat, how to make great brisket, low temp cook on a brisket, tender quick or nitrite, Dave's fried chicken recipe on Food & Wine, Roberta's recipe based off of the Pies n Thighs recipe, can't deep fry at home, low temperature for cooking insurance, pull it out when its hot, let it flash off in the open, immersion circulator, otherwise cut the chicken pieces smaller so they cook through faster, how to duck confit sous vide, you still have to cure duck legs before hand overnight, you don't need much fat to do confit sous vide, bag the leg by itself, seal it hard, cook it until you can feel the bone through the duck meat, let it cool down,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/14/2011 12:00PM
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This week The Main Course goes from country to city, from Spain to Saskatchewan with an all-star cast of guests. Patrick Martins and guest host Jason Colucci start the show talking with Maio Martinez about her Carroll Gardens wine bar, Sample, and nouveau barbecue. Cecilia Estreich expounds on truffles and the sustainable farming behind Mikuni Wild Harvest. Later on Natasha David of Maison Premiere shows us in studio how to make the perfect absinthe drip. Tune in for talk covering the best date and breakup restaurants, tips for bar etiquette and even Patrick Martin's baseball career! This episode is sponsored by Cain Vineyard and Winery.
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Episode 108: Maio Martinez & Sample (20:20)
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Babbo, Biscuit, Acimet, bocadillos, CIA, The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Cain Vineyard, Jason Colucci, Maio Martinez, Cuisine in the Country dinner, whole goat roast, Lincoln County, Nevada, Cuisine in the Country, farm geek, wine bar, Carroll Gardens, nouveau barbeque, Claudia Fleming, David Boulud, Sample Wine bar, conserva food, food traditions in Spain, Blue Smoke, new barbecue, Carolina Barbecue, Mile End, Bar Tabac, 1 Brooklyn Bridge, Vinegar Hill House,Cecilia Estreich & Mikuni Wild Harvest (20:36)
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Cecilia Estreich, goat farming, small farming, Donsider Bardwell, Flavorpill, Behind the Burner, Daniel, Roberta's, Basis: Farm to Chef, truffles, wild mushrooms, Saskatchewan chanterelles, where do truffles grow, Cherokee Indian, foraging, Heritage Foods, Mikuni Wild Harvest, Rachel Greenspan, farming and sustainability, handshake agreements, logistics of farming, shippipng food, food blogs, Flavorwire, Slow Food Movement, TriBeCa Grill, Anne Saxelby, No Goat Left Behind, goat milk, milk interning, washing cheese rinds, Andante Creamery, bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup, plage du fromage, aging cheese, Portland, Maine food seen, Vermont restaurants, Brown Trading Company, epicures,Natasha David & Maison Premiere (27:17)
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Natasha David, absinthe, Vandaag, Pulino’s, Fatty Johnson’s, Mialino, Woodson and Ford, Dram, Maison Premiere, pouring absinthe, famous absinthe, wormwood, hallucinations, Absinthe drip, St. George Absinthe, mystery around absinthe, Italian spirits, garappas, classic cocktails, bartender driven bar, Negroni, handmade syrups, tequila flavoring, Ron Zacapa, Rum Manhattan, orange bitters, bar etiquette, bar theater, bar tools, oyster, ideal time to wait to drink, Jason Denton, Brooklyn Brine, 'ino,Dream Restaurants and more (14:47)
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Patrick Martins baseball career, Brooklyn, ideal date restaurant, Pie Meats, breakup restaurant, Frankie's, Mile End, Sammy's Romanian Steakhouse, Il Buco, Christopher Lee, Kieth McNally, Balthazar, Minetta Tavern, The Odeon, restaurant superstitions, restaurant rituals, the full moon, Sam, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, Surry Farms,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
