Foodie and the Beast – March 18, 2018

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This week:
• Marisol Plata, Brand Director with ThinkFoodGroup, oversees the José Andrés Foods brand, working with gourmet food producers in Spain and getting José Andrés Foods items on US shelves. Like, what kinds of foods? Well, like amazing, Spanish virgin olive oils . We’ll be taking – and tasting olive oils with Marisol coming up.

• Ryan Aston is a professional bartender here in DC. He’s also a founding Board Member of the Restaurant Workers of America. Two summers ago he was heavily involved with convincing DC City Council to keep the tip credit in DC. And recently authored a Washington Post op ed piece on the subject – Ryan’s in with us today, and we’re going to dig into the issue with him.

• Momofuku City Center DC continues to evolve its menu and presentation – and has brought in a home town guy to head its kitchen – new exec chef Tai Strain is here with tastes and talk of Momofuku CCDC.

• The capital Grille’s new Capital Burger restaurant in D.C. is dedicated to creating a luxury burger experience. So, what’s a ”luxury burger experience?” We’ll find out, when GM Matt Jaffe joins us, later in the show.