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.


  • Foodie and the Beast celebrated 10th anniversary on Federal News Network’s airwaves with a live, 2-hour remote broadcast from Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s Bluejacket, DC’s most amazing brewery/restaurant/bar. Hosts David and Nycci Nellis welcomed scores of…
    November 13, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Peter Greenberg, a multiple Emmy-winning investigative reporter and producer, America’s most recognized travel news journalist. As the host of the public television show “The Travel…
    November 4, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Between 1939 and 2015, Montgomery County lost 71 percent of its farmland. That loss was slowed in 1980, when citizens, farmers, politicians, and planners created…
    October 28, 2018
  • The Wharf is D.C.’s hot, new meeting place, with dazzling water views, spectacular new restaurants, year-round entertainment, and waterside style all together in one inspiring location.
    October 15, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Brian McNair is in with news about Rock the Block, a food event for a new charity in an old part of town: it’s a…
    October 7, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Bresca is a neighborhood restaurant on 14th St. that is anything but neighborhood. The recent recipient of a Michelin star, Bresca’s kitchen is headed by…
    September 30, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • Ashok Bajaj has done it again – the restaurateur with the Midas touch – the man behind such monumental D.C. dining spots as Rasika, The…
    September 23, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Lotsa fun to report from Foodie and the Beast this week!  Guests include Andrew Court, Executive Chef at the fabulous, Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC. Chef Andrew, who spends…
    September 16, 2018
  • Foodie and the Beast is vegan! In with us is repeat guest Erica Meier, founder and executive director of Compassion Over Killing (COK and founder of what now is the east coast’s largest, annual vegan…
    September 9, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • In a city of a thousand and one pizza places, how does one achieve superstar status? Andrew Dana (a.k.a. Dough Boy), founder of D.C.’s Timber…
    August 26, 2018
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    August 26, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Joining us are Chef Troy Knapp of the Michelin-starred, Blue Duck Tavern in DC’s Park Hyatt Hotel, in to talk about the hotel’s amazing tea program and a forward-looking,…
    August 5, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: This show is awash in thought provoking topics info AND lotsa liquid refreshment. Guests include local entrepreneur, Kristof Grina, co founder of Up Top Acres, which…
    July 29, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Joining us are: The Urban Butcher, Cuban-born chef Raynald Mendizabal, whose Silver Spring restaurant was called a “carnivore’s playground” by none other than the Post’s Tom Seitsema; Kol Foods’…
    July 22, 2018