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 August 20, 2014 · 4 Comments
In the last month, I’ve visited about 10 farms for various stories and projects I’m scrambling to complete before baby arrives (less than two weeks!). Farms are among my favorite places, even if I’m rarely dressed appropriately (they don’t make pregnant farmer clothes, really), perpetually hot (yet thankful for this relatively mild August!) and always a long … Continue reading →
Category Fall recipes, Food, Food writing, Good eats, Pregnancy, Recipes, Summer Recipes, Uncategorized · Tagged with apple pie recipe, Canning, food writing, local farms, local flour, local food, local grains, muffins, peach muffins, whole wheat apple pie, whole wheat crust, whole wheat flour
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 June 30, 2014 · 1 Comment
One time, we thought it would be a great idea to throw my sister a bridal shower and me a baby shower — in the same weekend. And then we did it. This past weekend. It was perhaps not the greatest idea ever, we decided on late night #2 when we were breaking down one … Continue reading →
Category Food, Pregnancy, Summer Recipes, Uncategorized · Tagged with baby showers, bridal showers, cake pops, DC, friends and family, lemon cake pops, lemon tarts, party food, skewers, summer showers, wichita
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on November 4, 2013 · 2 Comments
I first met Edouard Sooh when he worked at the Natural Healthway Foods store in Belle Haven. Between waiting on customers, he seemed to always have one of the store’s fat textbooks about natural eating open across the counter, researching at great lengths the details of how our bodies function and which foods might help them function … Continue reading →
Category Breakfast recipes, Fitness, Food, Food shopping, Politics of Food, Spring recipes, Summer Recipes, Uncategorized, Winter recipes · Tagged with building muscle, Edoaurd Sooh, fruit smoothies, healthway foods store, vegetarian, veggie diet, veggie smoothies, weight lifting
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on September 4, 2013 · 6 Comments
If I haven’t convinced you yet that ANYONE can can, maybe this will do the trick. Or perhaps the giant spread in the Post’s Food section today about the glories of food preservation. Or perhaps you just like Pinterest-ready photos of canned jars? Well here are some from a little Labor Day canning party we … Continue reading →
Category DIY Projects, Fall recipes, Food, Recipes, Spring recipes, Summer Recipes, Uncategorized · Tagged with Canning, canning with friends, DC, food preservation, food section, jam recipes, jamming, mrs. wheelbarrow, pickling, Preservation party, preserving tomatoes, tomato jam recipe, Washington Post
Posted by Whitney K. Pipkin on August 23, 2013 · 8 Comments
It’s 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night, and I’m elbow deep in peach juices, trying to recall the satisfying feeling I felt a week before when I sealed off the last few jars of tomato sauce. This time, it’s peaches. Millions of peaches, it seems. I’m not even halfway through my half bushel (it didn’t … Continue reading →
Category DIY Projects, Fermentation & Preservation, Food, Good eats, Recipes, Summer Recipes · Tagged with canned peaches, Canning, canning peaches, canning tomatoes, cold spoon test, DIY, Fillmore Jars, food preservation, Joel Salatin, larder, mason jars, peach jam recipe, tomato sauce recipe