Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer.
The Monthly Menu
Apr 10, 2026
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8 min read
Guiding you through Old San Juan this month.
Apr 6, 2026
17 min read
An excerpt from my new book, out next week.
Recommends
Apr 3, 2026
12 min read
The recommended reading, watching, listening, and etc. for the month.
Mar 30, 2026
Here’s where you can find me next month!
TOMATO TOMATO
Mar 27, 2026
5 min read
Issue 1 of Tomato Tomato Magazine is here.
Mar 23, 2026
11 min read
Is it for the dogs?
Book Club
Mar 20, 2026
6 min read
Amber Husain’s memoir on the political dimensions of food and power.
Mar 16, 2026
13 min read
Abuse in fine dining, but not of farm or meat processing workers.
Mar 13, 2026
9 min read
Plus: the eating, cooking, and drinking of the last month.
Salon Series
Mar 9, 2026
10 min read
Plus: Ashanté M. Reese is on this week's episode of "On Appetite."
Mar 6, 2026
But who is? Plus, the culture recommendations for the month.
Mar 2, 2026
What is this stuff I’ve brought into my kitchen?
Interviews
Feb 23, 2026
A word I’m deeply obsessed with, and a new podcast.
Feb 20, 2026
Humanizing the effects of war on cuisine.
Feb 16, 2026
An admission of my palate's limitations.
Feb 13, 2026
Hilda Deli is serving a needed grocery niche, and more eating, cooking, and drinking.
+1
Feb 9, 2026
The Salon Series conversation with Anny Gaul.
Feb 6, 2026
15 min read
On making culture into ritual, and the monthly recommendations.
Feb 2, 2026
How bread and sweets can introduce people to new ways of thinking about food.
Jan 30, 2026
Perhaps you didn’t even notice, but I have some instructions, data, and insight to share.
Lectures
Jan 26, 2026
But the U.S. government isn't big on reality.
Jan 23, 2026
Anny Gaul’s work brings new dimensions to discussing “national” food history.
Jan 19, 2026
Initiation, digestion, and craft.
Jan 16, 2026
& 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.
