Archive - From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

A Map of My Affinities

How a youthful summer habit set me up for a lifetime.

Jul 22 •

Announcing the Desk Book Club 2025 Picks 📚

Here are the six books we'll be reading in 2025.

Jul 19 •

Marking my brother's birthday, without my brother.

Jul 15 •

The Monthly Menu: Eat More Potatoes

Tofu katsu, pasta alla norma, and more...

Jul 12 •

What Was ‘Parts Unknown’?

Why there won't be a "new" Anthony Bourdain.

Jul 8 •

From the Desk Recommends... From AI’s Environmental Impact to a Georgian Film

The reading, watching, and listening for this month. Plus, a book giveaway.

Jul 5 •

The Algorithm of the Mind 📱

Knowing your own taste in the era of overconsumption.

Jul 1 •

June 2024

A Desk Manifesto + Reintroduction

Entering your inbox randomly with a note announcing a new weekly writers' salon.

Jun 26 •

I’m in Paperback (or, The Desk Digest, June 2024)

‘No Meat Required’ is out in paperback tomorrow!

Jun 24 •

The Desk Book Club: ‘Longthroat Memoirs’ June Discussion

Plus: Zoom info for Sunday!

Jun 21 •

Eating the Museum

Adriana Gallo creates a typology of museum dining. In text and digital zine form.

Jun 17 •

The Monthly Menu: Good Green Sauce 🌱

Superiority Burger fries, Meat Farms produce, and the east “fill-in meal” that is farinata.

Jun 14 •

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