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.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • 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…
    March 18, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. It may still be iffy outside, but cherry blossom time is just around the corner and we are filled with spring spirit here on the show. On today’s show:…
    March 12, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: * Spike Mendelsohn – you know the name – celebrity chef – top chef home run hitter – successful cookbook author – stints on everything from…
    March 4, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show: • We welcome Haidar Karoum (formerly of Proof, Estadio, Doi Moi), here to talk about Chloe, his first solo restaurant, at the Navy Yard, along the…
    February 25, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show on Federal News Radio: • • • Blue Star Families is an organization whose mission is to bridge the gap between civilian and military communities. The…
    February 18, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This is THE show for foodie Italophiles! Bill and Suzy Menard, foodie Italophiles themselves and proprietors of the fabulous, Via Umbria in Georgetown, are in studio with their exceptional…
    February 12, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show we visit the Italian region of Umbria, which lies just south of Tuscany. Our guides are the owners of the D.C. restaurant and store Via Umbria,…
    February 11, 2018
  • New Orleans’ favorite son, chef David Guas, joins David Nellis in hosting today’s show. Also in studio are: two mad scientists – Alex Laufer and Stephen Corrigan – from One Eight Distilling, here to talk…
    February 4, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today’s show is all about health, wellness and what you can do to attain and retain both! The Warrior Wellness Challenge is an offering of a consortium of DC…
    January 28, 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…
    January 21, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Today’s guests/topics include: * Mitch Berliner of Central Farm Markets and Meat Crafters; * Toki Underground is D.C.’s original ramen house, and one of the Washington’s most popular. Olivier…
    January 14, 2018
  • This week’s guests include: * Dena Leibman, executive director of Future Harvest, Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture. Future Harvest works to build a sustainable Chesapeake Foodshed from farm and fishery to table by training new…
    January 8, 2018
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. This week’s guests include: * Marcella Kriebel is a DC-based artist and cookbook author, known for her mouth-watering “Illustrated Feast”series of watercolors. She has a new cookbook, “Comida Cubana:…
    December 17, 2017
  • Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Our December 3, 2017 show features Foodie and the Beast’s annual holiday gift-giving line-up. Meet: * Chef Nate Anda, of Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s Red Apron Butchery. He’s in talking…
    December 3, 2017