Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer.
Jan 19, 2026
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10 min read
Initiation, digestion, and craft.
The Monthly Menu
Jan 16, 2026
8 min read
& more eating in New York, Copenhagen, and San Juan. Plus: recipe updates!
Jan 12, 2026
An admission; or, all the lies I've told myself.
Recommends
Jan 9, 2026
11 min read
The books, articles, movies, art, music, and more I've been into lately.
Travel
Jan 5, 2026
12 min read
Gushing about a city I visited for six days—embarrassing!
Interviews
Dec 17, 2025
26 min read
From 2020.
32 min read
From 2021
37 min read
From 2021.
36 min read
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From 2022.
34 min read
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From 2022
38 min read
From 2023.
49 min read
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Dec 15, 2025
Six essays that define this newsletter, established 2020.
Dec 8, 2025
Plus: a big end-of-year giveaway.
Book Club
Dec 1, 2025
5 min read
We’ll be doing our first cookbook.
Salon Series
Nov 24, 2025
14 min read
The question that birthed more questions.
Nov 21, 2025
6 min read
A new piece at the Yale Review, and much more!
