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First Aired - 06/27/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Main Course Patrick and Katy hosted the venerable nutritionist, activist and writer Marion Nestle, author of a myriad of books on cooking and nutrition and former chairperson of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU.
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The Main Course Introduction (8:08)
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The Main Course, Heritage Radio Network, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Tekserve, www.tekserve, > Heritage Radio Network is supported by Tekserve, Tekserve’s having an eWaste Recycling Event, created to help keep hazardous materials out of landfills, by recycling electronics. Saturday July 10th from 10am to 4pm. 23rd St. near 6th Ave. Info, NYC Food Film Festival, wrap up party is tonight, festival is in its 4th year,Pet Food Politics with Marion Nestle (16:44)
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Cherryholmes, Marion Nestle, Patrick would be unemployed if it wasn't for Marion, all interns for Patrick have come through Marion, NYU Food Studies, Marion has a new book, Feed Your Pet Right, pet food, supermarkets, pet food doesn't have nutrition fact labels, Mars is the biggest pet food manufacturer in the world, Nestle owns Purina, the ingredients of all pet food are byproducts of human food production, some byproducts are better than others, pet foods are like infant formulas, complete and balanced, all pet food should be tested, pet diets, you can save a fortune by cooking for your pets, the USDA has never set standards for pet foods, pet food recall, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine,Proft Motives vs National Health (22:24)
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Food Politics, childhood obesity, food marketing, calories in food supply has gone way up in the United States, 3900 calories a day, there is twice as much food available than everybody needs, our food supply is privitized, you need to regulate, our government doesn't regulate many things, food safety, HACCP, it's un-American to regulate, sugar is regulated, tariffs are in place that benefit a few large corporations, high fructose corn syrup, corn growers are subsidized, cheaper than sugar, Michael Pollan, high fructose corn syrup vs sugar, corn is going to ethanol so high fructose corn syrup is more expensive, sucrose, if farm subsidies stopped farmers would go out of business, we need an agricultural policy that will promote public health, Tom Vilsack is not as bad as he's made out to be, Know Your Farmer Initiative, USDA vs FDA, we need ONE food agency, Dietary Guidelines have never made clear statements about eating less foods, they sometimes urge you to eat less of a certain nutrient, 40% of added sugars in America come from soft drinks,Rapid Fire Questions with Marion Nestle (23:35)
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Marion follows her own advice in terms of diet, Rapid Fire!, Suppliments & Vitamins, Vitamin D is really complicated, it's not a vitamin, it's made with your skin when you're out in the sun, Health Care, Genetically Modified Foods, they started with tomatoes, flavor saver tomato, started with a company in California, they were proud that it was genetically engineered, The Politics of Food Safety, gluten allergies and genetically modified grain?, doubtful, rates of gluten intolerance are increasing and nobody knows why, Gas Drilling, Gulf Coast oil spill, The Center for Science & The Public Interest, advocate group for nutrition and food advocacy, why are there not more nutritionists like Marion speaking up?, New York University, Senior Nutrition Policy Adviser, writing a book is not easy!, forces you to make things understandable, European Food Safety Authority,Marion's World of Blogging (19:01)
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Marion has about 24,000 followers on Twitter, it goes up by 1,000 a week, http://www.foodpolitics.com/, Bill Marler, Marion has started her own independant orbit, what's the role of the media in the food revolution?, is the media doing its job?, some are and some aren't, what is the state of gastronomy as a discipline, some of the most important movements in American society started with the elites and then trickled down, food cost argument, relative rise in cost of fresh fruits and vegetables, food is the most democratic political arena, EVERYBODY eats, diabetes, there is one comprehensive diabetes clinic in New York City,Distribution with Larry Bokal of Cannonball Express (13:51)
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Larrk Bokal, Cannonball Express, are there enough LTL carriers to cover the nation?, LTL means less than load, what's a typical load, 44000 pounds, pet food shipments, Larry doesn't haul inedible products, sleep regulations, each driver has to log every 15 minutes of his day, the life of a trucker, how does food get where it's going?, guys like Larry support the smaller producers we want to see succeed,Sam Edwards, Michael Kaney & Steve Pope (33:12)
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Michael Kaney, Sam Edwards, Edwards VA Ham, S Wallace Edwards & Sons, Hearst Ranch, grass fed and grass finished, Sam is here for the Fancy Food Show, pasture raised Berkshire pork, Surryano Hams, peanut finished pigs, Edwards uses the pork Heritage Foods USA sends them for sausages and hams, chefs don't use many hams, the whole animal needs to be used, one chef can't use a whole pig, California grows happy cows, in northern California there are many small farms popping up, Brian Kenny is on the line!, cryovac is very important to the livelihood of a meat company, mobile Hearst unit, we need to embrace what we are rather than be something that we aren't, how many butchers are there left?, most supermarkets just cut steaks, new show with Dave Arnold coming soon!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/16/2010 12:00PM
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This week on The Main Course, Patrick & Katy are joined by Angela Miller, Manny Howard & Ron Silver. Angela & Manny talk about their farming discoveries, and Ron discusses how Bubby's came to be and what he thinks of local ingredients.
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The Main Course Introduction (9:11)
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The Main Course, Patrick Martins, Katy Keiffer, Heritage Radio Network, Fairway Market, Angela Miller, Ron Silver, Manny Howard, Patrick just got back from Virginia, Alec Bradford, some cows escaped his farm, Patrick met the state senator of Virginia, Ancient White Park Cattle, mobile slaughter units, sustainable food needs slaughter houses butchers truckers and sales teams, mobile slaughtering unit, cheese mobile, defunct on a farm for 3 years,Angela Miller, Author of "Hay Fever: How Chasing a Dream on a Vermont Farm Changed My Life", (22:16)
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Erica De Mane, Joy Harris, The Miller Agency, Hay Fever: How Chasing a Dream on a Vermont Farm Changed My Life, Consider Barnwell Farm, cheesemaking, Union Square Cafe, Peter Dixon, goat cheese, how did the farm come to life?, they wanted to make pure food for the community, Chris Gray, farmers markets, how has her life as a literary agent influenced her?, she helped writers nurture their careers, farmer has made her a sharper agent, you have to make quick decisions as a farmer, publishing can be very polite, she has learned to be a lot more direct, be positively constructive, make a decision and get on with the work, they enlisted the local inspectors for help, Sullivan County, goats milk cheese, aged goats cheese, Peter has created a product line of four goat cheeses and four cow cheeses, partner farm, Jersey Girls, opting to get your hands dirty, Chester County, cheese mobile, learning regulations, young people who want to set out and farm without financial support could benefit from a mobile unit, to achieve artistry you need to constantly consult, tastings, cheese councils, understanding seasonal components of the milk, monitor the fat, customers want to buy the flavor they got last time, you can get Consider Barnwell anywhere in the northeast, internet sales, American Cheese Society, Anne Saxelby, Saxelby Cheesemongers,Ron Silver, Owner of Bubby's Restaurant Bar-Bakery (9:08)
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Ron Silver, Bubby's Restaurant Bar-Bakery, Japanese love American nostalgia, they love pie, who doesn't love pie?, Admiral Perry, Yokohama, Japanese cuisine is the most refined in the world, amazing detail, French Culinary Institute, looking for sources for good farming in America is a challange, in Japan most of the ingredients are incredible, the concept of commodity farming does not exist there, warehouse farming boom, bento box, nachos, pump your own cheese, they used to be an amazing snack, Howard Cosell, gumbo houses, Louisana, great burger town, pastrami burger, New York City Food Film Festival, George Motz, Hamburger America, celebrating food and recipes, Ron started Bubby's as a pie company in 1990, Ron wanted to be in the Pillsbury bake off, $25,000 prize money,Ron Talks Lard Crust, Good Ingredients & Keeping Prices Down (15:45)
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lard crust, lard butter crust, some pies are not vegetarian safe, where does the fat come from, how are the animals raised, with consumer awareness comes more liberty to cook with better ingredients, Erica De Mane, how did he transition from pie company to restaurant?, Ron would borrow kitchens when nobody else used them, tart shells, Margaret Hess, how do you source great ingredients and keep your menu cheap?, Ron has always tried to make everything from scratch, he tries to keep his prices low and reasonable, under $25, local eggs, cutting out middle men, keeping portions small, Heinz ketchup, organic ketchup, they use sugar instead of corn syrup, tastes like old fashioned ketchup, DArtagnan, Fran Jacobs,Heritage Cooking with Steve Pope: Brining (8:58)
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Steve Pope, heritage chef, brining, non reactive container, glass, porecelin, stay away from aluminun copper and wood, brine slowly works its way into the chicken flesh, gallon of cold water, cup of kosher salt, half a cup of sugar, natural maple flavoring, chopped onions, garlic, celery, typical herbs, thyme, sage, remove from heat and add flavoring, cover with a lid and let it cool completely, keep the right proportions!, turn the temp up at the end to crisp the skin, www.heritagechef.com,Manny Howard, Author of "My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned His Big-City Backyard into a Farm" (21:11)
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Manny Howard, My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned His Big-City Backyard into a Farm, Manny has a severed finger from farming, from a table saw, we now think about what we eat more than ever before, local doesn't mean best, Yemen, turning a backyard into a farm, Manny used to write for magazines, it cost $11,000 to transform his backyard into a farm, 800 square feet, 20 x 40, Flatbush, being a farmer is like being a doctor without having a medical degree, collared greens, eggplant, squash, onions, he needed to have animals on the farm for the shock factor and media attention, New York Magazine, mosquitoes, the backyard wasn't even usable before he made a farm, hydroponic equipment, rabbits,Manny Howard Talks More About His Farming Adventure (15:54)
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Roberta's, Fairway Market, Brooklyn Grange, chicken success stories, meat birds, crack ho chicken, industrial fly traps, the crack ho chicken laid an egg and ate it, haters love failure, Manny was very hated, cabbage, arrogance not information propelled Manny, he attacks the job by doing no preparation, a tornado hit Brooklyn and knocked down a tree, Manny mostly ate canned and frozen foods instead of the fresh vegetables he imagined, the chicken coop was a great success, disconnecting himself was worth it, duck fat, his daughter negotiated the ducks freedom, poultry don't care much for humans, they are not the celebrities of the farm world, chickens are local to a forest in Indonesia,How Important is the Locavore Movement? (4:53)
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Ron cares more about quality, he buys sea salt from a guy in Portugal, the sea salt from Maine was not as good, Manny wouldn't wish his experience on his worst enemy, kale, people who shop at farmers markets want their food to look better than food at the grocery store, it doesn't have to look pretty to taste good, the locavore movement is a consumer strategy, nobody is clear about carbon footprint implications, New York state apples are great, why bring them from Washington?, upstate used to be a big dairy region, subsidies,Solving the School Lunch Dilemma (14:11)
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school lunches, no cooking?, procurement contracts need to be changed, staff has no clue, you have to start with infrastrucute, partner public schools with chef, there is sometimes a divide between action and idea, regulation issues, unions, budgets, children end up with 91 cents per meal, if NYU and Columbia bought from small farms it could change things, James Madison University, Virginia Tech, lack of marketers or distributors, people need to learn how to cook, Patrick thinks its crazy to assume people will cook, what type of livestock protection do you need on a farm?, urban solutoins?, next week preview, music by Cherryholmes,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
