The many flavors of: Cuba, Southeast Asia, cotton candy – Dec. 17, 2017

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The many flavors of: Cuba, Southeast Asia, cotton candy – Dec. 17, 2017

A cookbook author unveils the regional facets of Cuban cuisine, TenPenh comes back with a gourmand's virtual tour of Southeast Asia, and a pair of young entrepr...

December 17, 2017 12:48 pm

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Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.

This week’s guests include:
• Marcella Kriebel is a DC-based artist and cookbook author, known for her mouth-watering “Illustrated Feast” series of watercolors. She has a new cookbook, “Comida Cubana: A Cuban Culinary Journey,” inspired by her travels throughout Cuba in 2016;

• Jamie Leeds of Hank’s is in with Thomas Palmer to talk about the Feast of the Seven Fishes at Hank’s Pasta Bar in Alexandria, Virginia;

• chef Jeff Tunks, Gus DiMillo and their Passion Food Hospitality team have proudly brought back the highly successful TenPenh concept, after its successful eleven-year run in downtown D.C., to Tysons Corner, delivering a culinary journey through the flavors of Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, and the Philippines;
• Tatiana Podolyako and Viktoriya Riley, the founders of Fluffness, a provider of high-quality, boutique cotton candy – that’s organic, all natural cotton candy, with no artificial coloring or flavoring.. . and it comes in 15 flavors!
• Mixologist Paul Benkert of Baltimore’s new Bluebird Cocktail Room.