This week on The Main Course, Patrick is joined by Nicole Taylor aka The Food Culturist, host of Hot Grease. Patrick and Nicole have a heated discussion in the wake of Thanksgiving about food access in low-income communities. Are people responsible for making good choices on their own, or should they be given more access to good food? Later in the show, they shift the conversation to the Occupy Wall Street movement as it relates to food. Finally, Patrick plays a pre-recorded segment with Red Wattle pork farmer Larry Sorrel of Lazy S Farm. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

This week brings the exciting inaugural episode of Erica Wides's new show Let's Get Real so turn on your AC because the kitchen is about to get real hot. Back in the day you knew the difference between junk food (candy) and food (vegetables); between food that we knew what it was (apples) and food that we didn’t want to know (Twinkies). This is where Erica comes in each week to walks you down the aisles of the surreal world of food, serving up a heaping dose of reality by separating the food from the foodiness so you can forage, hunt, gather, trap and fish for real food anywhere, even in a foodiness-filled mega market. This special first episode is brought to you by The Hearst Ranch.

This week on Hot Grease, Nicole is joined by Shoshana Levy of Nutrition Evolution. Nicole and Shoshana talk food headlines such as GMO labeling, Obama's fancy dinner and Top Chef. Shoshana then tells us her idea of real SOUL food and how nutrition plays an essential role in the sustainable food movement. Later in the show - Nicole recaps some must-listen episodes of Hot Grease. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods market celebrates Earth Month with the “Do Something Reel” Film Festival, a collection of six provocative, character-driven films focused on food, environmental issues and everyday people with a greater vision. Come see one of the six features at City Cinemas Village East from Saturday, April 16th through Thursday April 21st, every night at 6pm. Learn more about the films and special events at www.DoSomethingReel.com