Foodie And The Beast

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. On today’s show; • I Ricchi is D.C.’s legendary, award-winning, nowhere-does real-Italian-food-better restaurant. Its equally legendary chef/owner, Christianne Ricchi, is in today to talk about where the restaurant is headed into its fourth decade and about what it talks to remain true to “la vera cucina italiana;” • Bettina Stern is the co-founder of Chaia, a seasonal vegetable taco company that gives customers fresh, flavorful plant-based ingredients. Stern and her business partner Suzanne Simon brought their unique restaurant concept to Washington D.C.’s farmers markets, where it instantly created long lines. Within weeks of their debut, Chaia was selected by the Washington Post “as one of D.C.’s top nine up-and-coming tastemakers.” Now Chaia has two brick-and-mortar locations in D.C. – the new one is in Chinatown; • The Sally restaurant opened at The Fairfax at Embassy Row hotel in December 2018. The Sally’s chef is French-trained Ricrado Planas, who most recently s