Foodie and the Beast – Jan. 17, 2016

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.

On this week’s show:

* James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan is in for her annual visit to provide news of this year’s celebrity chefs/celebrity mixologists, Sips ‘n Sups events are the weekend of January 22-23 at the Newseum and in private homes across the City. The even benefits DC Central Kitchen and Martha’s Table, two organizations feeding thousands of hungry people in DC every day.

* A seventh-generation farmer from Virginia, Forrest Pritchard wrote his first book, a surprise NY Times best seller called Gaining Ground as a crash course on the benefits of sustainable farming. His newest book, Growing Tomorrow, is a deeper drill into sustainable farming, reflecting conversations with and recipes from sustainable farmers.

* Winemaker Ted Edwards from legendary, award-winning Freemark Abbey in Napa is stopping in during his easy coast swing to offer tastes and talk of some of his winery’s latest and greatest vintages, including the official wine of Super Bowl 50!

* Former engineer Anthony Arguin decided one day that locally-sourced and prepared foods and deliciously affordable wines were more of a passion than engineering. So, he opened the Wine-ing Butcher way up north in New Hampshire. There now are three, with Wine-ing Butchers the newest in Ashburn. Anthony is in talking about being a foodie entrepreneur and about his appearance at the Dulles Expo Center on January 22, where he’ll appear on the cooking stage.

* Brewmaster and mixologist Ben Matz is in from the new Wicked Bloom DC Social Club in NoMa. No surprise, he’ll be mixing up samples of his signature cocktails and filling us with info about this cool, new watering hole.