Foodie and the Beast Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.
 
On today’s show:
 
                                                                                                                                                                       
·        RAMW’s Communications Manager Keiristin Wilbert on this year’s Cocktail of the Year finalists;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
·        Tim O‘Rourke, wine sales and education manager at the Prestige-Ledroit Distributing Co. He trained as a chef, worked with Jose Andres at Minibar and Michel Richard at Citronelle. Michel turned him on to wines and the rest is history. Tim has just returned from France and drinking a lot of wine. Life is hard, we guess. He tells us all about it;                                                                                                                                                            
·        Jovana Urriola is the executive chef at the Colada Shop. She’s a fabulously talented Panamanian chef, restaurateur and television personality. She’s in today with news about special new treats for summer on the Colada Shop menu – like croquetas!                                                                                                                                                                                              
·        Great wines? Delicious beers? Who doesn't love both (just not in the same glass)? Jeremy Ligon is the winemaker and Jon Bowman is the brewer at the Barrel Oak Winery and Brewery, where they produce both and, by the way, recently won a Double Gold at the San Francisco International Wine Competition;                                                                                                                                                       
·        Sydney Morgan is a senior account executive at Occasions Caterers. She plans all of the top events-- most recently the Kevin Hart Mark Twain awards evening at the Kennedy Center. She’s talking about Occasions, summer event/wedding planning and more.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.
 
On today’s show:
 
·        Aynae Simmons of Visit Montgomery has the deets on what’s happening this week during Go MoCo Month;                                                                                                                                                                   
·        Danya Degen is the wine director and general manager of Méli, the Greek-ish restaurant serving mezze, wine and cocktails nestled within the lobby of The Silva Apartments in Adams Morgan;                                                                                                                                                                                              
·        Scott Schenkelberg, president and CEO of Miriam’s Kitchen, joins us. Miriam’s Kitchen is a much-admired nonprofit leader here in D.C. seeking to end homelessness and hunger among our neediest neighbors;
                                                                                         
·        Caroline Ta is the owner and baker at SweetsbyCaroline, a pop-up bakery in Maryland that specializes in gluten-free French macarons, cakes and Asian-inspired desserts. Hers is an inspiring story of talent and entrepreneurship that you’ll enjoy;                                                                                                                             
·        And last, but hardly least, is there anyone on the planet like Michaele Weissman? Food writer, author, writing teacher and coach. Her first book, “A History of Women in America,” co-authored with her college bestie, has sold a quarter of a million copies and is still in print four decades after publication. We met her right after her next magnum opus, “God in A Cup,” put the specialty coffee industry on the map. Now she has written an hommage to love, marriage and Latvian rye bread. It’s the “Rye Bread Marriage” and you’ll hear more about it.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.
 
On today’s show:                                                                               
·        James Cao, bar supervisor at Smoke & Mirrors, the rooftop restaurant and bar atop the AC Hotel in Southeast. He’ll tell you how to treat yourself and friends with stunning craft cocktails along with equally stunning views of Capitol Hill and the Navy Yard;                                                                                                                                                     
·        Chef/Owner Johnny Spero of the Reverie Restaurant and Bar Spero is back on “Foodie and the Beast.” You may recall that a huge fire took out Chef Johnny’s Michelin-starred tasting experience in Georgetown. It reopened in March and Johnny’s in with news about old favorites and new treats just sitting there waiting for your taste buds;                                                                                                                                                                 
·        If you don’t know much about Georgetown’s fashionable French restaurant, L’Avant-Garde, hang on – because you’re about to. We have invited Chef/Partner Sébastien Giannini to take us into the kitchen and through the menu for some truly amazing meals;                                                                                                                                                                                                            
·        Lamb Jam is back! Lamb Jam Month celebrates the culinary creativity of chefs across the country and supports family-operated farms and ranches that are raising sheep in the U.S. In May, in each of the seven Lamb Jam cities. chefs are running a small plate on their menu featuring American lamb and compete for the title of Lamb Jam Master of their city. Demetri Mechelis, chef/owner of Martha Dear, is in with the details. He is joined by his wife, Tara Smith, who actually runs the joint.

 
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.
 
On today’s show:
 
·        Aynae Simmons of Visit Montgomery on promotions in the county during the month of May;                                                                                                                                                   
·        John Dynan, sales and education manager of spirits at local distributor Prestige-Ledroit, on the rich variety of tequila and other kinds of mezcal;                                                                                                                                                           
·        Enrique Limardo, co-founder and chief culinary officer of the Seven Reasons Group, Venezuela’s 1st Michelin-starred chef in the U.S.;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
·        Sebastian Zutant,  one of D.C.’s legendary somms and co-owner of Primrose, his sweet little wine bar in Brookland, which has been revamped and re-opened;
 
     
·        Molly Gibson and her mom, Melissa Peppe, owners of Rooted3 in Bethesda, where healthy, feel-good, plant-based foods abound. In with them is Mary Beth Olson of MBO Mediam, a co-founder of D.C. Veg Restaurant Week;                                                                                                    
·        Restaurateur Erik Bergman is in with Chef Yo Matsuzaki of Wren in Tysons Corner. Along with an amazing menu, they have a special event coming up for the Derby that you are going to want to hear about.

 
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.
 
On today’s show:
 
 
·        Dania Jolley, deputy chief of staff and cultural affairs at Events DC, which is is thrilled to announce the return of Passport DC;
 
·        Ashley McPherson,  owner, curator and lead mixologist of the McFierce Experience, an events, catering and mixology company based in Washington;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
·        Fox 5 reporter and the host of “Cooking with Como,” Erin Como, is a dyed-in-the-wool foodie whose lifestyle tips, great passion for home-cooked meals and appreciation for local chefs and restaurants fit the Foodies and the Beast mold to a T;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
·        Arlington native David Sachs is farm manager/owner of Grapewood Farm, where he grows organic Virginia grain and mills stone-ground flour for area restaurants and bakeries. David had professional background in design, labor relations and government communications when he traded in all that “dirty work” for far dirtier work on the farm;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
·        Jill Nguyen is the baker behind Capitol Jill Baking, a Capitol Hill microbakery specializing in sourdough bread, pastries, and modern cakes. Born and raised in Hanoi, Jill has a fascinating story;

·        Joining us at absolutely the perfect moment is Isidre Sala, head of the delegation of the government of Catalonia to the United States and Canada, Perfect? Why? Because in addition to the fact that Isidre always has great new food insights and treats to share, we literally just returned from Barcelona, the heart of Catalonia, a couple of days ago. So we are prepped and ready to chat about all things Catalonian. 

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.
 
On today’s show:
 

·        Shawn Townsend, president and CEO of the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, on to chat about a proposed law in D.C. that would reduce liquor liability costs and better protect restaurant operators from frivolous lawsuits;                                                                                                                                     
·        Along with it being International Women’s Month, March is Maryland Wine Month. So it’s fitting that we get a visit from a prominent woman in the wine biz from Maryland. She’s Regina McCarthy, general manager at The Vineyards at Dodon, a stunning, 555-acre tract in Davidsonville, MD that produces amazing wines;                                                                                                                                       
·        Jack Maher and Jack Walten are cofounders of Sea Suite Cruises, setting sail this year with Whitlow’s on Water, a 50-foot floating tiki bar sailing the “high seas” from Georgetown Harbour and the Navy Yard;                                                                                                                                                      
·        From a Kensington pop-up to a Bethesda brick-and-mortar down the street from their alma mater, Walter Johnson High School, Dalia’s Falafel owner Ben Assaraf and his partners, Kevin Gill and Cody Chatham, have hit on a fast casual concept that’s quickly becoming a Bethesda go-to for those in urgent need of a tasty, Middle Eastern food fix;
 
 
·        Drinkin’ wine, wine, wine! We have more talk of wine – ros­é
in particular -- as we’re joined by Josephine Carr of Castle Hill Cider and Matt Harmon of Harmony Wine, who created Daze of Rosé, their special, pink twist on a traditional springtime wine festival.