Archive - From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

How Do You Eat? No. 2

From Istanbul to Taiwan to Phoenix, how three food writers do groceries.

Oct 7 •

A scheduling rundown and reminders.

Oct 4 •

September 2024

Eat or Be Eaten!

I've curated a reading happening in NYC on Saturday. Plus: The Desk Digest for September.

Sep 30 •

The Desk Book Club: ‘Eating to Extinction’ September Discussion

Diversity is survival.

Sep 27 •

On Coca As Food

Carmen Posada Monroy with a Desk Dispatch on Indigenous peoples in Colombia who are reclaiming coca.

Sep 23 •

The Monthly Menu: A Summer of Uncertainty

What we ate while wondering what the future holds.

Sep 20 •

Writing the weather is an important way to keep from being gaslit about what is changing.

Sep 16 •

From the Desk Recommends... My September Favorites

What I've been reading, watching, and listening to and highly recommend.

Sep 13 •

Writing the Weather

There are certain difficulties when conveying the experience of climate change to editors.

Sep 9 •

August 2024

The Year So Far in Listening

My playlists, collected, with the July edition.

Aug 26 •

The Year So Far in Eating & Cooking

Recipes I've added to the Desk Cookbook plus all the Monthly Menus, rounded up.

Aug 19 •

The Year So Far in Reading

Chronicling my pleasure reads of 2024.

Aug 12 •

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