Foodie and the Beast – Sept. 30, 2018

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.

On today’s show:

• Bresca is a neighborhood restaurant on 14th St. that is anything but neighborhood. The recent recipient of a Michelin star, Bresca’s kitchen is headed by chef Ryan Ratino who, according to Michelin, delivers “a clear sense of culinary artistry and whimsy” with a menu driven by “bistronomy.” Chef Ryan is in with us today, so stick around to learn what that means!
• More than 7500 people are homeless in D.C. on any given night. About a third are considered chronically homeless, meaning they have been homeless for years, or repeatedly, and are living with a chronic health condition. Miriam’s Kitchen is committed to ending chronic homelessness in D.C., connecting the chronically homeless to permanent supportive housing, ensuring they have the necessary support to remain in housing and helping to feed those in need. Chef Cheryl Bell of Miriam’s Kitchen is in with the whole story;
• Angelina Klouthis is executive director of the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, which helps provide rural communities in India with training, tools, and technology to make sure development leaves no one behind. The foundation is hosting a fundraising wine and food tasting on Oct. 20 and Angelina’s in to tell us all about it; And the Taste of Bethesda is coming up Saturday, Oct. 6. Brenna O’Malley and Stephanie Coppula of the Bethesda Urban Partnership and the Rock Bottom Brewery’s brewmaster Geoff Lively and general manager Shane Weeks are in with info and “starter sips” to get us ready and rarin’ to go.