Posted by whitneypipkin on October 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Just in case it snows this winter, Washington is on a dead sprint to get all its events and restaurant openings and panel discussions out of the way Right. Now. Food Day and James Beard Foundation and Stone Barns all planned their big educational events for the this month, and a million others have been … Continue reading →
Category Farming/Ag, Food, Food policy, Food writing, Good reads, journalism · Tagged with ag writing, Atlantic Food Summit, Chef's Roast, chefs as catalysts for change, DC, Farm features, Farm stories, food writing, Mind of a Food Critic, October, SMADC, Smithsonian Food, The Atlantic
Posted by whitneypipkin on October 13, 2015 · 1 Comment
You know it’s fall in Washington, D.C., when there’s a panel discussion every afternoon and a new restaurant opening (or reopening) every night of the week. It’s our annual, pre-hibernation fall fest, and we do it well. Still, there’s nowhere else I’d rather be this time of year, when the leaves tempt us with their … Continue reading →
Category Environment, Food policy, Food writing, Networking, Politics of Food · Tagged with Anthony Lombardo, antibiotics, antibiotics in meat, Blue Circle Foods, CCC2015, Center for Food Safety, chefs as catalysts for change, Clydes Restaurant Group, Colin O'Neil, DC Food Day events, Fall events in DC, Food Day 2015, food events in DC, Laura Rogers, local food supply, Mike Wilson, Nina Damato, Organic chicken, save antibiotics, Seafood, Spike Gjerde, SV Organic
Posted by whitneypipkin on July 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Early this summer, I was moping a bit about how our every-other-summer overseas trip was not likely to happen. Last summer, I was too pregnant to justify a 10-hour flight somewhere (or so the doc said), and this summer was getting away from us quickly. There’s the we-have-a-10-month-old thing, which is entertainment enough to never … Continue reading →
Category Food policy, Food writing, Politics of Food, Sense of place · Tagged with Edible DC, Expo Milan 2015, Expo Milano, Feed the World, Germany, Milan, Paris, Rodale Institute, travel, Turin, US Pavilion
Posted by whitneypipkin on June 9, 2015 · 3 Comments
As my food nonprofit friend put it to our little book club, I’m GONNA BE ON THE KOJO SHOW, and I’d love for you to tune in Wednesday at 1 p.m. [UPDATE: You can listen to the segment on the show at this link. Enjoy!] After listening to Food Wednesdays for as long as I’ve lived in … Continue reading →
Posted by whitneypipkin on May 27, 2015 · 7 Comments
I often come home from interviewing a farmer or a chef or an environmentalist of some stripe and find myself convicted about where my food is coming from, how I’m cooking it and its impact on the world. As a writer, I don’t necessarily have to act on these convictions. If I acted on every one … Continue reading →
Category Farming/Ag, Fermentation & Preservation, Food policy, Food shopping, Old Town Alexandria, Politics of Food · Tagged with compost, EPA, food section, food waste, food writing, meal planning, reducing food waste, Washington Post
Posted by whitneypipkin on December 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
It’s beginning to look a lot like… the busiest month of the year. And, suddenly, Christmas is a week away! Maybe it was the late Thanksgiving that allowed this holiday to sneak up on me especially fast (Or the precious three-month-old I have at home. Yeah, let’s blame her.) I hope your Thanksgiving was fabulous … Continue reading →
Category Food, Food policy, Politics of Food · Tagged with casa conference, Chesapeake Bay Journal, Christmas, conferences, december, delmarva farmer, food tank summit, food writing, future harvest casa, new year, new york city, vabf, Virginia farm to table
Posted by whitneypipkin on June 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
It’s been a busy summer, y’all. For kids, in Virginia at least, it has only just begun. But, as I look out my window and watch the fireflies light up my yard at dusk — and think of how stinkin’ hot it was today — I’m reminded it’s in full swing. So, I guess you could … Continue reading →
Category Environment, Food, Food policy, Food writing, Good reads, Politics of Food, Uncategorized · Tagged with Beacon Reader, Capital Area Food Bank, crowdfunding, Dan Barber, food section, food writing, journalism, new project, strawberries, summer, summer in Virginia, The Third Plate, Washington Post
Posted by whitneypipkin on May 21, 2014 · 1 Comment
There will be a Tesla, free yoga, performances by Step Afrika and access to (and samples of) some of the best green products on the market (read: a purse full of Lara and Clif bars). The Green Festival is returning to D.C. for its 10th year on May 31 and June 1! The festival will fill a wing of … Continue reading →
Category Environment, Food, Food policy, Networking, Uncategorized · Tagged with arcadia center for sustainable food and agriculture, Bernie Prince, cliff bars, food access, Food Data Jam, free food, FRESHFARM Markets, green, Green Festival, Green Festival DC, hackathons, June 1, Lara bars, May 31, Pam Hess, panel discussion, Washington Convention Center
Posted by whitneypipkin on April 30, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Ashley Koff is about as famous as a dietician gets. She coined the now widely used phrase “qualitarian” to describe a diet focused on the best of what’s available rather than strict adherence to a set of food rules (although she adheres to a somewhat pescetarian regimen herself). She publishes on her website a popular AKA … Continue reading →
Category Fitness, Food, Food policy, Food shopping, Food writing, Good reads, Networking, Politics of Food, Uncategorized · Tagged with AKA approved, Ashley Koff, celebrity dietician, DC food scene, DC happy hours, Doi Moi, Dr. Oz, happy hour, health food, Rasika, relay foods, Sweetgreen
Posted by whitneypipkin on March 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
It’s been a crazy week, the sort of week that makes a pregnant woman need to sleep for a week to recover. But I wouldn’t trade one minute of it (OK, I would totally trade the minutes spent scrubbing the bathtub in the house we moved out of, but I digress). We moved from the … Continue reading →
Category Environment, Food, Food policy, Networking, Politics of Food, Uncategorized · Tagged with DC Food, DCCK, EWG, Food Innovator Awards, Honest Tea, Marion Nestle, Michael Bloomberg, real food, Ris Lacoste, Seth Goldman, US Healthful Food Council, USHFC, vegan banquet, vegan dishes