Italian food is every food. This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins is joined in the studio by Tomas Curi, chef at Corsino in The West Village. Learn why Tomas decided to go into food and hospitality, and hear what chefs instilled him with kitchen skills and ideals. Patrick and Tomas chat about home cooking in New York City, and why Tomas' hometown of Houston, Texas is the epitome of the American melting pot. Tomas talks about his time learning to cook in Italy, and why Italian food is so universal. Why is eating horse an acceptable practice in Italy? Hear some of the parallels between cooking and jazz! Later, Patrick calls up Allan Benton to talk about the history of American curing. Find out why Allan began using quality pork for his bacon and hams instead of feedlot animals. This episode has been sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

"Nothing can prepare your for cooking in a restaurant other than cooking in a restaurant." [7:50]

"There's a way to get every flavor profile with what Saxelby has, so why not (use American cheeses)?" [23:45]

"Jazz is kind of like food; you have to start with basics. You need to know your scales, but from there, you can open it up." [29:10]

-- Tomas Curi on The Main Course

On this week's episode of Meet Your Maker, Rachel Wharton is joined in the studio by Lauren Utvich and Marshall Louis Reaves of Farm to Baby baby food in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Farm to Baby makes subscription-based, fresh, and seasonal baby food purees with fruits, vegetables, and tubers from local farms that are delivered throughout the city by bicycle couriers. Hear about how Marshall and Lauren's respective backgrounds in molecular biology and culinary studies influenced them to start making nutritious baby food. How do Lauren and Marshall know if they're baby food is delicious? Well, they eat it themselves, and they also have a test baby that helps with recipe development! Hear about their cooking methods, and how they package their baby food. Farm to Baby aims to develop your baby's palette, so they will enjoy a lifetime of delicious fruits and vegetables! This episode has been brought to you by Fairway Market.

"Vitamin C, foliate, vitamin B1- these things that are really important for an infant- they're just cooking them out of the food." -- Marshall Louis Reaves on Meet Your Maker

"If we are what we eat, then a lot of babies in America today are apples, mangoes, and bananas. The parents are under the impression that they're giving their babies a well-balanced diet of green vegetables, and it's not always the case." -- Lauren Utvich on Meet Your Maker

Today’s episode of THE FOOD SEEN is an “offaly” good one. Chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto in San Francisco, CA, and proprietor of tasty salted pig parts at Boccalone, joins us to talk low-cuts and guts. His new cookbook, “Beginnings”, is just that, a start to a great meal, as well as part of the bigger conversation, about Chris’ past, perseverance, pork, and his contemporary Italian palate. This program has been brought to you by Fairway Market.

"You don't have to scream and yell to get someone to eat a [expletive] carrot, but you do have to scream and yell to get someone to eat a cut of meat they aren't familiar with." -- Chris Cosentino on THE FOOD SEEN