This week on Chef's Story, Dorothy Cann Hamilton sits down with acclaimed Austrian born chef Kurt Guenbrunner of the Michelin-star restaurant Wallse. Hear about his memories of garden fresh cooking in Austria and his experiences working under David Bouley at various restaurants. Kurt explains why the concept of "gesamtkunstwerk" , or how elements play together, is at the heart of what inspires him. From art and architecture to music - find out what makes Kurt's cooking and restaurant design stand out from his contemporaries. Learn more about the importance of water in the 21st century, and why minerals are so important for your health. Get an inside look into the Austrian way of life on a warm and inspiring episode of Chef's Story. This program was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

"The biggest compliment I ever got for my food was when Bill Grimes said 'New York never knew about Austrian food and now we can't live without it!' "

"If you do the right thing - the right thing will happen to you."

"All my restaurants need to have a connection to art and architecture. It's what I call gesamtkunstwerk - when all the elements play together."

"The only difference between my restaurants and my house is that there's money involved in my restaurants."

--chef Kurt Gutenbrunner on Chef's Story

This week on The Main Course Patrick and Katy sat down with Marion Nestle: activist, professor, and author of "What to Eat", "Safe Food", and "Food Politics". Joining the conversation was Joan Dye Gussow, another world-renowned activist in the academic and government sectors as well as the author of "This Organic Life". Together Nestle and Dye Gussow constitute an amazing meeting of the minds when it comes to championing all things sustainable, and affecting change in broken food and distribution systems, failed academic institutions, and obsolete ideas. The gang discussed food politics at large, the sticky situation of labeling food, and how to make the public see that public health is attached to domestic food policy. This episode was sponsored by 360Cookware.com.

Photo 1: Marion Nestle, Photo 2: Joan Dye Gussow

Marion Nestle joins this week's edition of The Main Course with hosts Patrick Martins & Katy Keiffer. Dr. Nestle talks about junk food marketing intended to hook children at an early age. Find out what voluntary regulations are in place now, and what Marion thinks our government should do to regulate these giant companies. Learn more about the high fructose corn syrup debate and hear what Dr. Nestle thinks about the breakfast cereals our children eat every day. Later on the show, Patrick & Katy talk with Michelle Petrulio, Head Chef of The Meatball Shop on Bedford Ave, Brooklyn. This episode was sponsored by White Oak Pastures.