Foodie And The Beast

This week, we are afloat in world-class potables and awash in equally as inspiring edibles. Guests include top sommelier Brent Kroll, newly minted partner in the newly opened Maxwell Park, a 33-seat gem of a wine bar in the sexy Shaw District. In with Brent are his partners (more somms!) Niki Land and Daniel Runnerstrom.We all scream for ice cream in the summer, but this guy's ice cream makes for screams heard 'round the world! RAMMY award-winning, "Pastry Chef of the Year" pastry chef Fabrice Bendano, he of Steven Starr's Le Diplomate in DC, has launched a summer ice cream cart for guests on the restaurant's sidewalk featuring homemade glaces that are blowing up taste buds (in a good way!). Paris-born Fabrice joins us for tastes and talk of his amazing, sweet treats.DC's storied Watergate Hotel - home of the Watergate break-in that toppled Richard Nixon's presidency - turns 50 this year, and topping the celebration is a one-of-a-kind commemorative dinner at Kingbird, the hotel's signature restaurant. An homa