Foodie and the Beast

Nycci Nellis is everyone's "go to" food journalist for insights and in depth info about everything happening across the food/wine/spirits/brews/restaurant scenes in the Mid-Atlantic and across the U.S. Her husband, David, is a beer and burgers guy. Together, they host celebrity guest interviews with famous and up-and-coming chefs, winemakers, distillers, oystermen, farmers, marine biologists and more.


  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Maxwell in the Navy Yard is celebrating its first anniversary. Joining us to celebrate surviving in business and COVID are Maxwell’s founder, mixologist to the…
    February 27, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Sam Nellis bar director, Red Hen and All Purpose, designer of Sam’s Freezer Cocktails from AP Shaw. They’re individually sized, pre-bottled versions of our favorite…
    February 20, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Jonathan Bardzik is a storyteller, cook and author. Starting with his first live cooking demonstration at Washington, D.C.’s historic Eastern Market in 2011, he has…
    February 13, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Monica Badlani, partner and COO of Somrus Cream Liqueurs; • Childhood friends Fred Whit and Phil Monde are now business partners. They’re bringing new job…
    February 6, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Along with her husband, William Gutierrez, Jodi Lehr, partner, Santa Lucia Estate Coffee, a boutique company known for selling its premium 100% Nicaraguan coffee to…
    January 30, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: January 26 is International Sous Vide Day, when we celebrate not just the birthday of Dr. Bruno Goussault, “the father of sous-vide,” but also the delicious,…
    January 23, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Julie Peterson of the Marq Wine Group on the wines of Georgia; • True Neapolitan pizza is a baked work of art cooked in wood-fire…
    January 16, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Zachary Patterson, founder of the Umbrella Hospitality Group as well as the Melrose Umbrella Co. bar in L.A. and Genever Category Ambassador, talking about the…
    January 10, 2021
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Jill Erber, Cheesetique in Del Ray and Shirlington, on how her business is handling the pandemic; • Chap Gage from Schmaltz Bros. What’s schmaltz? We’re…
    December 19, 2020
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Blood Sweat Tears Vodka’s Umberto Luchini, the founder and proprietor of the Wolf Spirit Distillery, located in Eugene, Oregon. On with Umberto will be Ledy…
    December 12, 2020
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • The Ivy Hotel, a member of the exclusive Relais and Chateaux family of luxe, boutique hotels, is in a restored mansion in the heart of…
    December 5, 2020
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Often referred to as “an ode to feminine strength,” the Hotel Zena celebrates women’s accomplishments on the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote…
    November 21, 2020
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today we were joined by Mitch Berliner & Deb Moser of Central Farm Markets who had plenty of good info about last-minute Thanksgiving freshness available. Then, Brandon Bayton of…
    November 14, 2020
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • John Snedden, RAMW Board Member and proprietor of Rocklands Barbeque and Grilling Co., and Alonzo Freeman, bar director of the Royal talk about the RAMW…
    November 7, 2020