Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on October 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Sometimes I learn a lot more from a story than I’m able to fit onto the page. That was certainly the case with a seafood story that ran this month in Arlington Magazine, which I really hope you’ll take a minute to read. In the months since I reported it (I joked with the source that this was … Continue reading →
Category Environment, Food, Food shopping, Food writing, Politics of Food, Pregnancy, Uncategorized · Tagged with #amwriting, Arlington Magazine, eat more seafood, Invasive species, Linda Cornish, Seafood, Seafood Nutrition Partnership
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on June 21, 2017 · 3 Comments
Looks like we’re all in need of a serious update over here! A lot has happened since my last post. Namely: It became summer, not winter. We added another kid to our family. That second bullet point should probably explain my lack of frequent posts, as eager as I have been to share all the … Continue reading →
Category Food, Food writing, Gardening, Good eats, Good reads, Pregnancy, Recipes, Summer Recipes, Uncategorized · Tagged with dinner prep, dinner time, Family dinners, maternity leave, meal planning, salmon cakes, salmon recipes, summer recipes, Transition to two kids, two kids
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on June 22, 2016 · 9 Comments
Freelancing and part-timing is great, great, great. But I’m always jumping from one project to the next, barely remembering to share the last story I wrote as I wade knee-deep into another. That’s why sinking into one bigger project for a few weeks sounded so appealing. Getting to help create a magazine devoted to all the local food topics I … Continue reading →
Category Food writing, Good reads, journalism, Uncategorized · Tagged with Chesapeake Bay, DC, Edible, Edible DC, editing, food magazines, food writing, local food, magazine editing, summer 2016, sustainability
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on December 21, 2015 · Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year when sentimentality reigns. It’s OK to get all weepy at a Christmas movie or the thought of being “home” in a few days — or with thanks that I’ve made it through another year as a journalist. Yes, that last one is a real thing. It was with great endurance that … Continue reading →
Category Farming/Ag, Food, Food writing, Good reads, journalism, Uncategorized · Tagged with 2015 highlights, Civil Eats, freelance, Kojo Show, new year, Virginia Living, year in review
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin 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 Whitney K. Pipkin 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
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 Whitney K. Pipkin on April 30, 2015 · 1 Comment
This past summer, I had the pleasure of traveling across Virginia’s Piedmont region (and a little south) to capture the stories of eight farms. My photographer friend Jami McDowell traveled with me for most of them, capturing these beautiful photos (despite very real fears that she might have to deliver my baby on that last … Continue reading →
Category Environment, Farming/Ag, Food writing · Tagged with ag writing, farming leases, Farmland, Finding a Place to Grow, Glade Road Growing, Heritage Hollow Farm, land leases, Little Hat Creek Farm, local farmers, local farms, local food, Mountain View Farm, next generation, PEC, Piedmont Environmental Council, Steadfast Farm, Waterpenny Farm, Whisper Hill Farm, Willowsford Farm
With April flowers come… lots and lots of DC tourists. They know that Washington is one of the best places to be this time of year, and not just for cherry blossoms. But, it turns out, the best events are mostly for us locals. There are cherry blossom donuts to be eaten, cherry blossom cocktails … Continue reading →
Category Food writing, Networking · Tagged with Blue Jeans Ball, CAFB, cherry blossoms, DC, DC events, eco wines, food bank, Georgian food, Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival, Mess Hall, Screwtop Wine Bar, Spirit Cruise boats, things to do in DC, Tidal Basin
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on March 30, 2015 · 2 Comments
I have lamb, spring and Easter on my mind, so I thought I’d reshare a post from two springs ago, when I wrote about lamb four ways for NPR’s Kitchen Window. We will be joining these same lamb-loaded friends for Easter this year, and I’m still deciding on the side dishes. Until then, enjoy some lamb-spiration … Continue reading →