Foodie and the Beast - May 11, 2025

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.   On today’ show: ·        We talk about the ICE raids on Washington, D.C. restaurants with Jessica Sidman, food editor for Washingtonian magazine;                                                                                                                               ·        Avalon Oona Haas is the Mid-Atlantic regional sales manager for the Catoctin Creek Distilling Company, founded many moons ago by our friends Scott and Becky Harris. We’ll be sipping Catoctin Creek Rye in a range of libations and, if you’re lucky, telling you all about it;                                                                                                            ·        Jon Krinn is the chef/owner at Elyse, a 30-seat “culinary speakeasy” in Fairfax, where Jon says he has fun exploring global products, techniques and combinations he’s never before used. What does the world say about what he’s up to? Well, Tom Sietsema for one says, “Elyse is a cocoon of comfort from a chef at the top of his game;” ·        Sarah Ahn is America’s Test Kitchen’s social media manager, creator of the Ahnest Kitchen website, and author of The New York Times bestselling cookbook “Umma.” She records her experiences on Instagram and TikTok of living with her Korean immigrant parents, chronicling her mother’s cooking, grocery shopping trips, and more;                                                                                                                                                                         ·        Greg Engert is the beer director and partner at the Neighborhood Restaurant Group – the guys with some of your favorite restaurants, like Evening Star, Vermillion, the Iron Gate, the Blue Jacket and Caruso. NRG is participating in this year’s Virginia Wine Festival with chef-driven food pairings that complement the wine selections. Greg’s in to tell us about all the dining to go along with the wining.                                                 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.