Foodie and the Beast - April 27, 2025

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’ show: ·                                                                                                                                                     ·        Sixteen years ago, who knew that Fatima and Omar Popal would rise to become two of DC’s most prominent restaurateurs? Back then, their now-legendary Café Bonaparte was just finding its way. Today, the Popal Group’s celebrated restaurants include Lapis, Pascual, Lutece and Lapop, three of which are 2025 RAMMY nominees. Their beverage director, Suzy Critchlow, a home run hitter in her own right, is in with the 411 on their RAMMY nominations, news about their new restaurant opening in Adams Morgan this year, and to mix up some of the Popal Group’s most popular cocktails;                                                                                                                                                         ·        If you’re a D.C. small business owner or an entrepreneur with dreams of standing up your dream business, snap to and listen up. Dr. Linda Wharton Boyd, the chief communications officer at the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority, is in with details about the upcoming 11th annual POWER UP DC small business summit. Learn how to access start-up capital and chase D.C. procurement contracts, network for partnering and biz dev opportunities and … more;                                                                                                                                                           ·        We’ve known our friend and neighbor, Jarrad Silver, for years. You’ve known him as the guy whose food truck dishes out all that incredible barbecue. But … do you know that Jarrad is now executive chef and owner of Silver & Sons BBQ, his new brick and mortar restaurant in Bethesda? Jarrad’s in the house today to tell us all about it, accompanied by some of the finest BBQ on the East Coast. And don’t worry – the food truck is still out there;·         ·        Ever felt cruddy and reached out to Prescription Chicken to cure what ails you? We have, thanks to two other old friends of the show, Prescription Chicken’s cofounders,,Valerie Zweig and Taryn Pellicone. They’ve hatched a great new product called Cookstix. These are dehydrated instant stock sticks made with real ingredients. You’ll get the 411 on cooking with Cookstix and some insights on how these two crafty entrepreneurs are succeeding despite the current rocky state of the supply chain and ingredients pricing;·         ·        And last, but hardly least, we have a legend in studio - Domenico Cornacchia, is the executive chef at Jackie’s in the Navy Yard. As many of you know, Chef Domenico spent many, many celebrated years running the kitchen at the Café Milano. Of course, you’ll hear about what he’s cooking up in his new kitchen at Jackie’s. But we’re also hoping to pry some juicy gossip from him about days of old and the nights of celebrity sightings – and canoodling - at the Café Milano.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.