Dine at 'the end of the line' and learn about olive oil on this week's episode of The Main Course. Patrick Martins is joined in the studio by Bonnie Pipkin and Tania Ryalls, founders of the blog End of the Line Dining. Hear about Bonnie and Tania's idea to eat at restaurants at the end of New York City's subway in order to explore neighborhoods and different cuisines. What neighborhoods have they explored thus far, and how have they been received as neighborhood outsiders? Find out where Bonnie and Tania are headed next, and hear about Bonnie's last day as a waitress at Roberta's! Later, Patrick invites Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market to talk about his history in the food world. Find out how Steve initially became fascinated with foreign cheeses and meats, and why he has become disillusioned with the FDA's stance on importing cheeses. Steve talks to Patrick about the three criterion necessary for choosing a quality olive oil for your kitchen, so make sure you tune in to this week's episode of The Main Course! Thanks to our sponsor, Cain Vineyard & Winery. Thanks to Obey City for today's music.

"I would write down the name of the cheeses from the labels when I was in Paris, because nobody over here knew any of those cheeses or charcuterie- and then I went and did that in Milano!" [24:45]

"How can I operate as a master cheesemonger when 45% of the cheeses that I want, I'm not allowed to get from the idiot FDA?" [29:00]

"You're not going to find a bottle of olive oil at a supermarket in this country that is worthy of your kitchen." [37:15]

-- Steve Jenkins on The Main Course

Hear about Elissa Altman's rich food history and her book, Poor Man's Feast, on this week's episode of Eat Your Words. Elissa's blog of the same name won a James Beard Award for best individual blog in 2012. Tune in to hear Cathy Erway chat with Elissa about her upbringing, and how her mother and father influenced how she views food's role in society. Hear how finding the love of her life helped Elissa realize the family element of food. How has food media and television altered people's perception of food? Learn more about Elissa's book; hear how she deals with incorporating her personal life into her memoir, and find out some of her favorite recipes! This program has been sponsored by Whole Foods, and music has been provided by The California Honeydrops.

"We live in this crazy society where food is entertainment, and people who can't cook a simple steak feel the need to go out and buy a home sous vide kit." [10:20]

"Younger people are getting their food information in different ways right now - food media & food television." [13:45]

-- Elissa Altman on Eat Your Words

On this installment of Meet Your Maker, Rachel Wharton sits down with Mark Ramadan and Scott Norton of Sir Kensington's Gourmet Scooping Ketchup. Tune in to hear Mark and Scott talk about their idea for an alternative, gourmet ketchup while studying at Brown University. A lot of research went into making this gourmet ketchup; hear about the impetus for this undertaking, and why it proved to be difficult to create a place for gourmet ketchup in a Heinz-dominated market. Why is ketchup loved by so many? Mark and Scott talk about how ketchup covers all ranges of tastes- from sweet to tart. Hear about ketchup's history in the 1500s and why Mark and Scott created the Sir Kensington character. This episode has been brought to you by Edwards.

"Part of what ketchup means to people is the experience of the bottle. It is seeing the certain flow of the actual ketchup itself and the viscosity. I think one of the things we really hit on is how we can be different just different enough from the ketchup that people are used to, but people will still call it ketchup. Putting it in the bottle at a restaurant immediately communicates, 'OK, this can be called ketchup,' because it comes from outside the kitchen." -- Scott Norton on Meet Your Maker