About Jonna McKone

Jonna McKone started out her career researching food access in NYC neighborhoods for the organization, City Harvest. Now she works as a reporter, writer and producer. You can hear her work on WAMU 88.5’s airwaves. Her work has also appeared in the Washington City Paper and she used to blog for the World Resources Institute Blog, TheCityFix. Jonna is a graduate of Bowdoin College. To listen, read and watch her work, go to: jonnamckone.com

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Wax, Two Ways

November 2, 2012 · Jonna McKone

A Painter Uses her Backyard Bees as Art

Nassikas shows off the tools of her trade: beeswax and pigments

Photography and Text by Jonna McKone

At first glance, the old house and barn on a cul-de-sac in McLean look like the quiet home of any Virginia gardener. Walk past the tangle of kumquats and asparagus, beside the deep greens of forest that creep the length of the yard, along the bright blue of a swimming pool to the muted tones of an old barn, and you’ll find a large, open studio where Georgia Nassikas produces her paintings. Her portfolio consists

THE GAME CHANGERS: DAN O’BRIEN

June 29, 2012 · Jonna McKone

THE CULINARY INCUBATOR

In a small room with big plans, Seasonal Pantry is a hub for artisan businesses to flourish

Crouched on a set of stairs behind the dining area of Seasonal Pantry, Dan O’Brien is explaining in great detail— as if to an experienced chef, not a writer—how he slow-cooked salmon for the evening’s dinner. Hovering over a slab of leftover fish on a diner’s plate, O’Brien shows me how to gauge the perfection of this bright, thick cut of fish. He’s peeved that every last diner has not gorged on the dish flavored with smoked butter and

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