Archive - From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

‘We’ve Won a Certain Kind of Argument’

A conversation with Pam Brunton on landscape cuisine, writing history, and public imagination.

12 hrs ago •

Plant-Based Is Not a Trend—Yet

My talk from Women in Food 2025.

May 19 •

How Do We Define a National Cuisine?

The notes on the second half of our current book club selection, ‘Between Two Waters’—plus news!

May 16 •

Does it have an anti-intellectual agenda?

May 12 •

The Monthly Menu: I ❤️ Barbajuans

It was a doozy of both cooking and eating.

May 9 •

The pope who chose Catholicism’s most appealing saint for his papal name.

May 5 •

From the Desk Recommends... Fighting the Algorithms

The monthly roundup of food, culture, and climate links.

May 2 •

April 2025

On Sincerity, or Mastery, or Something Else Entirely

Interlude: Meatless ministries for Earth Month.

Apr 28 •

On April (2025), with an Apology

The Discord link should work now!

Apr 25 •

On Airplane Food ✈️

Notes on selecting the vegan meals.

Apr 21 •

What Is “Normal” Food?

The Desk Book Club: ‘Between Two Waters’ by Pam Brunton (Part I)

Apr 18 •

3 Books for Thinking About Now

Slim-ish texts that are helping me think through this moment in oligarchy.

Apr 14 •

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