Foodie and the Beast – Jan. 21, 2018

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. The world’s rarest breed of cattle dating back to the 1700s is the Randall Lineback, recognized as special and different at the first taste. About 75% of all Randall Lineback cattle are raised in one spot – Chapel Hill Farm. Chapel Hill’s owner, Joe Henderson, is with his daughter Lulu and info about the sold out, January 25th dinners they are doing in collaboration with Jeff Black and chefs from Black Restaurant Group. Food and wine event impresario Greg Nivens of the Trigger Agency is in with Moet Hennessey champagne specialist Jeffrey Barrientos with info about his upcoming, special brunch event to be followed the same day by a mind-blowing, rosè event. Listen in! Joe Neuman’s Sloppy Mama’s meat is all smoked barbecue made without any gas ovens, and it’s got quite a rep around town for amazing flavors and great taste! Joe’s in with tastes and talk of Sloppy Mama’s. Know those great, Italian restaurants downtown, Aperto and Al Tiramisu? The effervescent celebrity chef behind them is award-winning chef/restaurateur Luigi Diotaiuti. Chef is a world-renowned authority on Italian cooking and living, known for promoting culinary traditions on the verge of extinction in the United States, Italy, and around the globe. He’s with news of several cultural efforts he leads in Italy to reserve centuries-old Italian cooking traditions. Danny Abi-Najm, a member of the family that owns and operates the many Lebanese Taverna restaurants, is in talking Lebanese winemaking and the Lebanese wines that headline at Lebanese Taverna. Today’s guests include: * Joe Henderson and his daughter, Lucia, of Chapel Hill Farm, here to tell us about their prized Randall Lineback beef; * world famous food event impresario Greg Nivens; * Joe Neuman of Sloppy Mama’s, where the meat is all smoked barbecue made without any gas ovens; * the effervescent celebrity chef Luigi Diotaiuti, a world renowned authority on Italian cooking and living.