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The first show to ever air on Heritage Radio Network, The Main Course, has hosted the most interesting chefs, farmers, and food luminaries—from Michael Pollan and Alice Waters, to Wylie Durfresne, Joan Dye Gussow, Mark Ladner and Marion Nestle—since 2009. The Main Course is the brainchild of Heritage Radio Network founder Patrick Martins. Over the years, The Main Course has been home to many different cohosts, but Patrick has always remained active as a producer and host. Over the years, The Main Course has been home to many different cohorts including Katy Keiffer, Mark Marabella, and the charismatic duo Phillip Gilmour, restaurateur extraordinaire (Momo Sushi Shack, Hi Hello, Moku Moku), and Alexes McLaughlin, but Patrick has always remained active as a producer and co-host.

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Produced by Patrick Martins, Alexes McLaughlin, & Phillip Gilmour

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Katy Keiffer

Katy Keiffer has worked in and around the food industry for over thirty years. First as a cook, then a butcher, a cookbook publicist, and finally, a food writer, Katy has been present for the massive transformation of the food industry in America. Growing up in a rural New England town where gardening, composting, bread baking and scratch cooking were part of daily life gave her a lifelong appreciation of how important good food is for body and soul. A host at Heritage for over six years, she has spent the time engaging with a vast cohort of informed experts who have contributed enormous stores of knowledge about how our food system works, and how it doesn’t.

Patrick Martins

Patrick Martins was born in New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital on February 10th, 1972. Later, he received a Masters' Degree in Performance Studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Patrick works with an excellent team to run a distribution business for heritage breeds of livestock and poultry. In 2019, The New York Times wrote that Heritage Foods is “— the company at the forefront of the nonindustrial meat movement —”. Patrick is a founder of Slow Food USA and the Heritage Radio Network and author of the Carnivore's Manifesto published by Little, Brown. In 2004 he and a friend produced the New York City Trivia Game. Patrick is a host of the podcast and radio show The Main Course O.G.  

Latest Episodes

The Roberta's Cookbook

Episode 194, Aired: October 27, 2013

Roberta's debuts their new cookbook on this week's edition of The Main Course! Patrick Martins begins the show with Roberta's co-owner Chris Parachini. Tune in to hear Chris talk about the task of capturing the spirit of the restaurant in the Roberta's Cookbook. Hear how the restaurant has grown and...

In the Charcuterie

Episode 193, Aired: October 20, 2013

Get into charcuterie with In the Charcuterie by The Fatted Calf team! This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins is joined in the studio by Toponia Miller, Taylor Boetticher, and simply "Bailie" to talk about the tradition of cured meats in the United States. Hear about The Fatted Calf's opening...

Zak Kell

Episode 192, Aired: October 13, 2013

This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins is joined by Zak Kell, Chef De Cuisine of Columbia University's Community Food & Juice. Tune into this program to learn about Zak's roots in Bloomington, Indiana, and how cooking in his hometown could never have prepared him for the quality of food in...

Remembering S. Wallace Edwards, Jr.

Episode 191, Aired: October 6, 2013

This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins remembers curemaster S. Wallace Edwards, Jr. with his son, Sam Edwards III. Hear about the roots of the family company, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons, and how their ham-curing business gained popularity by selling ham sandwiches on the ferry between Surry...

Delaney Barbecue

Episode 190, Aired: September 22, 2013

Daniel Delaney is bringing Central Texas barbecue to Brooklyn! This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins introduces the new HeritageRadioNetwork.org "Op Ed" recordings, and invites Daniel into the studio to talk local food, taste, and regional authenticity. Learn why Central Texas barbecue is...

Jimmy Tu

Episode 189, Aired: September 15, 2013

Jimmy Tu has been exposing Vietnamese food to New Yorkers for years through Tigerland and his new restaurant, Bunker. This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins invites Jimmy into the studio to talk about different regional cuisines of Vietnam, and the origins of Vietnamese standards like pho and...