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From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer.

Our Holiday Shop Launches Today 🍅

Oct 30, 2026

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2 min read

Our Holiday Shop Launches Today 🍅

A TT collaboration with Central Stem.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Book Club

In Praise of Culinary Historians

Oct 26, 2026

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4 min read

In Praise of Culinary Historians

Tomorrow we discuss Laura Shapiro’s ‘Perfection Salad.’

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
On Learning to Suck

Oct 19, 2026

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5 min read

On Learning to Suck

Letting language be fun.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

The Monthly Menu

The Recipes I’d Tell You to Make for Fall

Oct 16, 2026

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3 min read

The Recipes I’d Tell You to Make for Fall

And the rest of the month's eating, drinking, and cooking.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Salon Series

The Desk Salon with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph Osmundson

Oct 12, 2026

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3 min read

The Desk Salon with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph Osmundson

Moderated by Raechel Ann Jolie.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
On Water

Oct 12, 2026

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5 min read

On Water

And an ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Recommends

Should Government-Run Grocery Stores Be Ugly?

Oct 9, 2026

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7 min read

Should Government-Run Grocery Stores Be Ugly?

Plus recommendations for reading, watching, and listening.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
The Reality Posture

Oct 5, 2026

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5 min read

The Reality Posture

When is "political" just normal?

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

TOMATO TOMATO

Shelter in Place

Oct 2, 2026

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2 min read

Shelter in Place

Studies in home—Tomato Tomato, issue 4.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Salon Series

I Forgot to Hit Record

Sep 28, 2026

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7 min read

I Forgot to Hit Record

Or, How to Craft an Interview with Kate Zambreno.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

The Monthly Menu

Take the Two-Hour Mini Food Essay Workshop

Sep 25, 2026

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4 min read

Take the Two-Hour Mini Food Essay Workshop

Plus: Innovations in Cheap Lunch and more eating, cooking, & drinking

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
Is Food Flopping?

Sep 21, 2026

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6 min read

Is Food Flopping?

Or has it never really peaked?

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Recommends

Notes on a Favorite Author

Sep 18, 2026

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3 min read

Notes on a Favorite Author

Come chat with Kate Zambreno on Sunday. Plus the Recommends...

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
On Bourdain Studies

Sep 14, 2026

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6 min read

On Bourdain Studies

I’m back to work, and work means grappling with Bourdain.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Book Club

The 2027 Book Club Picks

Sep 11, 2026

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2 min read

The 2027 Book Club Picks

Plus more of what to look forward to in the upcoming months.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
On Cultural Criticism

Aug 24, 2026

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10 min read

On Cultural Criticism

Analysis through persona and perspective: a mini-syllabus from the summer workshops.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
Join the Food Essay This Fall

Aug 21, 2026

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2 min read

Join the Food Essay This Fall

And all the downloadable workshop options!

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
On Reported Essays

Aug 17, 2026

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8 min read

On Reported Essays

The persona is a perspective: a mini-syllabus from the summer workshops.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

The Monthly Menu

Summer Is for Beer

Aug 14, 2026

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3 min read

Summer Is for Beer

And I wrote about 'Tony' for CNN.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
On Personal Essays

Aug 10, 2026

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5 min read

On Personal Essays

The personal is a position: a mini-syllabus from the summer workshops.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

Recommends

The Food Blogger As Main Character

Aug 7, 2026

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7 min read

The Food Blogger As Main Character

I watched ‘The Five-Star Weekend.’

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
Thinking Print; Publishing Digital

Aug 3, 2026

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6 min read

Thinking Print; Publishing Digital

Opportunities in a broken media landscape.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

TOMATO TOMATO

Clashing Eras

Jul 31, 2026

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3 min read

Clashing Eras

🍅 Tomato Tomato Issue 3, out today. 🍅

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

The Monthly Menu

What’s in My Pantry

Jul 27, 2026

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5 min read

What’s in My Pantry

The nine items giving my meals life—and how.

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy
Join the August Essay Workshops

Jul 24, 2026

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2 min read

Join the August Essay Workshops

We've been having a lot of fun. Plus: The latest Salon is up!

Alicia Kennedy
Alicia Kennedy

From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

Critical, curious, and fun writing on food culture, media, & politics, in your inbox Mondays and Fridays.

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