This blog post originally appeared at BayJournal.com, where I’m on staff, and is appearing here with permission. Twenty-one. That was the number of bottled waters — set as sips before us in glass stemware — we judges were tasked with parsing in just one round of the recent 26th annual International Water Tasting competition in Berkeley … Continue reading →
Category Environment, journalism, Networking, Sense of place, Travel · Tagged with Berkeley Springs, bottled vs. tap water, Chesapeake Bay Journal, International Water Tasting, water tasting, West Virginia, World's Best Water
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
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
A food-focused conference is converging on Washington this week, putting DC’s still-under-discovered culinary scene in the spotlight and bringing national contacts within arms reach. And you can still register to attend! I remember following with rapt attention the tweets from last year’s International Association of Culinary Professionals conference and wondering if I’d get the chance to … Continue reading →
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Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on August 5, 2014 · 2 Comments
If you haven’t had the chance, you should meet Dudley and Peggy. They are perhaps the most hospitable people on earth and the friendliest of purveyors behind The Hope & Glory Inn in Irvington, Va. The Inn is located near the Southern tip of Virginia’s Northern Neck, a marshy peninsula carved out by the Rappahannock River to … Continue reading →
Category Food, Food writing, Networking, Pregnancy, Sense of place, Uncategorized · Tagged with anniversary trips, B&Bs, babymoon, babymoons near DC, DC getaways, Dog Trick Cafe, Hope & Glory Inn, Irvington, Tides Inn, Virginia tourism, Virginia's Northern Neck, weekend getaways near DC
Thursday was a great day. Sure, I didn’t exactly dig out from under the very large pile of work I’ve built for myself between now and baby’s arrival. But I did eat good food. So there’s that. Thursday was great because I spent the lunch hour (or two) eating homemade fried chicken and talking about … Continue reading →
Category Food, Food writing, Good eats, Networking, Summer Recipes, Uncategorized · Tagged with Beacon Reader, Bookalokal, community supported agriculture, CSA, Dan Barber, Even' Star Organic Farm, Faces Behind Our Food, food writing, Fried chicken, journalism, ladies lunch, lunch, networking, operation eatery, storify, Washington Post
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin 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
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 Whitney K. Pipkin on April 15, 2014 · 1 Comment
As a journalism student at the University of Oklahoma, I was once assigned as homework what would become one of my favorite pastimes later in life: go participate in a cultural or religious ceremony that is outside your realm of experience. For the assignment, I attended my suite mate’s African American Southern Baptist church. It felt … Continue reading →
Category Food, Food writing, Networking, Politics of Food, Sense of place, Spring recipes, Uncategorized · Tagged with charoset, Exodus, Gallaudet University, gefilte fish, Jewish Passover, kugel, matzoh, matzoh ball soup, Passover, Passover for non-Jews, Passover Seder, school for the deaf, Seder plate, sign language, tradition
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