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Foodie and the Beast

Nycci Nellis is everyone's "go to" food journalist for insights and in depth info about everything happening across the food/wine/spirits/brews/restaurant scenes in the Mid-Atlantic and across the U.S. Her husband, David, is a beer and burgers guy. On radio since 2009, they host celebrity guest interviews with famous and up-and-coming chefs, winemakers, distillers, oystermen, farmers, marine biologists and more. Get the foodie info you need to know and won't find anywhere else; enjoy irreverent repartee; pick up great recipe tips for cooking to cocktails and ... have fun! .. with Nycci and David Nellis on the one and only, Foodie and the Beast.

Latest Episodes

Foodie and the Beast – Feb. 8, 2026
Foodie and the Beast – Feb. 8, 2026
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’s show:Geraldine Mendoza is the founder of Taquería Xochi, which just opened a fourth location in the Navy Yard. Not bad for a place that started out as a pandemic-era ghost kitchen. Known for Mexican ...
Foodie and the Beast – Feb. 1, 2026
Foodie and the Beast – Feb. 1, 2026
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’s show: ·        Scott Drewno, partnered with Danny Lee in the Fried Rice Collective, here to take about food for the Big Game and the Upstate New York foods he grew up with that he’s now able to ...
Foodie and the Beast – Jan. 25, 2026
Foodie and the Beast – Jan. 25, 2026
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’s show: ·  Diane Gross, chair of the board, RAMW, She and her husband, Khalid Pitts, have also opened a Cork in Cleveland Park;·         Stephanos Andreou and Constandina Andreou, cofounders of D.C.’s hit, new make-your-own-pasta place, ...
Foodie and the Beast – Dec. 21, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Dec. 21, 2025
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.We’re closing out 2025 with a show we’re calling State of the Plate, because if there’s one thing this year demanded from the hospitality industry, it was honesty. So today, we’re setting the table for an ...
Foodie and the Beast – Dec. 14, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Dec. 14, 2025
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.  On today’s show: ·        Monica Evans, beverage director, the Coquito Bar, a tropical holiday cocktail oasis inside La Cosecha in the Union Market District;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ·        Joy Johnson, director of visitor experience at the fabulous Folger Shakespeare Library, with inside news about ...
Foodie and the Beast – Dec. 7, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Dec. 7, 2025
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’s show:·        The SNAP mess created during the recent government shutdown threatened 40 million Americans – among them, 16 million kids – with the loss of desperately needed funding for food. Food they count on for ...
Foodie and the Beast  – Nov. 23, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 23, 2025
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’s show:·        He’s a true Renaissance man in the food world. You’ve seen him on PBS and all sorts of national media … and now Chef Gregorio Fierro is here on Foodie and the Beast. He ...
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 16, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 16, 2025
Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’s show: ·        One of the hottest new restaurants in D.C. is K Street’s Barbouzzard, French for “secret agent”. Inspired by the French Riviera, this place is just as hot. Barbouzzard’s creator and principal managing partner, ...
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 9, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 9, 2025
Hosted by David Nellis.   On today’s show: ·        So timely a guest and a subject. Brian Mulholland, chairman of the John S. Mulholland Family Foundation, whose mission is very straightforward -- to ensure local food pantries have the resources they need to support food-insecure ...
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 2, 2025
Foodie and the Beast – Nov. 2, 2025
  Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.On today’s show: ·        A grecophile is someone with a strong affinity for Greek culture. Well, no one has a stronger affinity for Greece -- and Greek and Mediterranean cuisine -- than chef, cookbook author and beloved PBS ...