A little bit about me…

Come this August I will have been in New York City for 10 years. I was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and as my mother likes to say, “You started in the little apple and now live in the big apple.” Of course my first few months would have a relation to food!  Lucky for me, my time in Kansas was short, 11 months, and then my family moved to Denver, where I lived until the age of 17.  From there I moved on to Berkeley, California with a head of bright blue hair and a job at a bakery.

Linnea CovingtonNow, after traveling most of North America in my little 82′ Subaru sedan and a backpack fueled stint in Europe, I  live in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.  In between freelance writing gigs and tending bar, I find time to cook up a storm–I love food!  Which is one of the main subjects I  write about, as well as other arts and culture oriented stories, and this wonderful city has no lack of that! I have written for  New York Magazine’s Grub Street, Serious Eats, The Daily News, Time Out New York, Zagat, Tea: A Magazine, West Side Spirit, Today.com,  The New York Press, Food Republic, BlackBook MagazineThe Brooklyn Rail, and Edible Brooklyn.

In December 2008 I received my M.A. from the City University Graduate School of Journalism and am a happy freelancer. Despite loving to work at home, I am always seeking adventure and greater stories, hoping one day to travel the world and write about the cultures I see and the food I eat. So far I have been around India, Argentina, all over the United States, Paris, Barcelona, and other pockets of Spain and Italy. No matter where I go,  I am eager to learn and grow in all experiences.

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