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    This week on The Main Course Patrick and Katy sat down with Robert Stehling of Hominy Grill in Charleston SC, Jason Colucci of Pulino's NYC & Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market.
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    Robert Stehling of Hominy Grill in Charleston, South Carolina (19:48)

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    Robert Stehling, Hominy Grill, Charleston, low country region, rice culture, colonial period, cash crop, Robert is from North Carolina, http://www.hominygrill.com, white flint corn, grits, Anson Mills, traditional grains, heirloom seeds, all work done by hand, Southern traditional is very seasonal, Robert tries to work with local traditions, historical traditions, menu items at Hominy:, fried chicken, chicken country captain, boggs, Indian influence in Southern cuisine, curry came through the English, Cajun history, Creole, mixing of culture and races, Jambalaya, shrimp and grits, the big nasty, Charleston is driven by tourism, the food revolution is new to Charleston, open farmland is a problem there, rooftop farming, Department of Health can create problems, there is more oversight in other states, rule driven policy, it's impossible to monitor things in New York City,

    Jason Colucci of Pulino's (21:41)

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    Cherryholmes, Jason Colucci, manager, Pulino's Bar & Pizzeria, New York City, sourcing from farms, Nate Appleman, a lot of the staff at Pulino's moved over from San Francisco, A16, Jason makes relationships with farmers during the off season, local ingredients, planning accordingly, the big guys are actually playing ball, they are buying more local stuff, food costs are lower when making pizza, Corton, Guy Jones, Blooming Hill Farms, Pulino's brings in a half a steer a week, dynamic menu, educating the consumer, Pat LaFrieda, Heritage Foods USA, Pulino's does their own charcuterie, nothing gets wasted, whole animal cooking, did Nate bring in his own philosophies?, long work hours, reality TV show wrapped in a kitchen, Robert wishes it was as easy as shutting off a TV, a great team always branches off into different places, the theater of Keith McNally, Balthazar,

    Robert & Jason Explain Their Respective Restaurant Hierarchy & Culinary Backgrounds (19:58)

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    Jason grew up in Staten Island, Patrick's mom visited Pulino's, Punlino's has a staff 75-100, restaurant hierarchy, restaurant kitchens are like military war fields, when you start questioning people you work for you should probably leave, chef as director and manager as a producer, finding small farms and keeping it a secret, survival of the firstest, Hominy Grill has 50 employees, a very big small restaurant, Robert is the owner and the head chef, Robert has always been a cook, he had a brief art school career that led to a dish washing gig, Crook's Corner Restaurant, Bill Neal, Arizona 206, Brendan Walsh, Sign of the Dove, Roberta's, humble setting and fantastic food, being a chef gets you a passport, you can always get a job somewhere, Katy was a butcher, project oriented vs repetition, long hours in the restaurant world make other things hard,

    The One & Only Steve Jenkins Returns! (20:39)

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    Steve Jenkins, Fairway Market, a new store opened in Paramus, another new store opened in Pelham, people in New Jersey aren't as nice as New Yorkers, Red Hook is the gold standard of how wonderful it can be to open a store, the people were happy Fairway was there, Steve overestimated how big the wine store would be, the Fairway model stays the same store to store, Scott Stringer, Fairway bans shoplifters, security guards and cameras monitor it, communal salad bar, BP oil spill, the ocean will never recover, wildlife and vegetation is resilient and will recover, back to Fairway:, how do you keep each store consistent?, every time a new Fairway is opened the quality and excitement is diluted, you cannot maintain the edge you have when you first open, there's too much going on, if you continue to promote and inspire from within you can maintain the passion that made you successful in the first place, Fairway has always been old school, Steve is always out on the floor, every business is destined to become a bunch of blockheads, when you hire from outside it changes the flavor of who you are, supermarket mafia,

    More with Steve Jenkins of Fairway Market (22:26)

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    America needs to do a better job of promoting world soccer, World Cup, Steve is fascinated by the craft of being a good referee, everything is corrupt in Italy but the ref, Barcelona, Steve sources olive oil from there, it's cheaper and easier to have them truck stuff to Paris, Fairway is going to open on the East Side, the neighborhood is changing, reminiscing on old New York staples, there were no good ingredients for people to cook with until Dean & Deluca, stores for people who want to cook, Fairway has the greatest ingredients in the universe, fruit & vegetable stands, Korean markets, gastronomy is still it's own science, Fairway on the Upper West Side had a huge impact on peoples food choices, why has Queens been slower to develop, Donald Manes, grocery stores that cater to realistic sensibilities, prices are kept low, Fairway had good cheese and olive oil before other markets,


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