# From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

> A twice-weekly newsletter on food culture, media, and politics.

This file provides information about From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content.

## Posts
- [On ‘Hard to Swallow’](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-hard-to-swallow): Watch this weekend; meet the makers on Tuesday.
- [What’s in My Bag](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/what-s-in-my-bag): Or, why I am bad at lifestyle content.
- [Crisis and Coconuts](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/crisis-and-coconuts): A month of eating, cooking, and drinking while all is out of control.
- [Notes on the Dirty Martini](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/notes-on-the-dirty-martini): I don’t drink them, but I understand their purpose.
- [41% on Rotten Tomatoes Means I Will Love It](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/41-on-rotten-tomatoes-means-i-will-love-it): The reading, watching, viewing, and listening recommendations for this month.
- [On ‘Cooking As Care’](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-cooking-as-care): What is this concept in the day to day?
- [The First Read Is Pure Reaction](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-first-read-is-pure-reaction): My 9 repeat essay, short story, & criticism reads.
- [The Desk Salon with Eli Davies](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-desk-salon-with-eli-davies): A conversation with the author of 'The Spinster Cookbook.'
- [On Being a Regular](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-being-a-regular): And San Juan City Hall's random war against trees.
- [Bread, Broccolini, & the Greatest Flan of My Life](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/bread-broccolini-the-greatest-flan-of-my-life): We’re stuck in San Juan until Benny’s done with chemo. Here’s what we’re eating.
- [On Values](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-values): I took the bait and ended up in a rage.
- [I’m in a Very Middle-Aged Media Moment](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/i-m-in-a-very-middle-aged-media-moment): Italian political dramas and summer ennui.
- [On Leather](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-leather): Consider the material.
- [Hothouse 🍅 Issue 2 of Tomato Tomato](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/hothouse-issue-2-of-tomato-tomato): Stories that will take you from Bulgaria’s ski slopes to Singapore’s canteens.
- [The Desk Salon with Ariel Saramandi](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-desk-salon-with-ariel-saramandi): Discussing her book ‘A Portrait of an Island on Fire.’
- [And You May Ask Yourself, “What Am I Doing With My Life?”](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/and-you-may-ask-yourself-what-am-i-doing-with-my-life): A manifesto, a manifestation, a Memorial Day editorial stopgap.
- [Catch Up on the Salon Series](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/catch-up-on-the-salon-series): Before next Tuesday's event with Ariel Saramandi!
- [On Food & Religion](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-food-religion): An essay commissioned in 2024 and killed in 2025, published here in 2026.
- [We’re Reading ‘Sweetness and Power’](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/we-re-reading-sweetness-and-power): And having a writing workshop on Monday.
- [On Hotels](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-hotels): A brief list of my unfiltered thoughts on the subject. 
- [All the Cabbage That’s Fit to Eat](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/all-the-cabbage-that-s-fit-to-eat): A cabbage salad from ‘The Swedish Cookbook’ and all my eating, cooking, and drinking from April.
- [On Vogue, ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ & Magazine Dreams](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-vogue-the-devil-wears-prada-2-magazine-dreams): We know we’re in trouble when the media’s only hope is a "good" billionaire.
- [Are We Good?](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/are-we-good-204f): Watching the Marc Maron doc. Plus: The monthly Recommends.
- [The Desk Salon with Liz Pelly](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-desk-salon-with-liz-pelly): The journalist and author of ‘Mood Machine’ discusses her work.
- [The Desk Salon with Amber Husain](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-desk-salon-with-amber-husain): The author discusses her work and book 'Tell Me How You Eat.'
- [Martinis Up and Down the East Coast](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/martinis-up-and-down-the-east-coast): Notes on the exhilarating ‘On Eating’ launch tour.
- [In Which ‘On Eating’ Is Reviewed](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/in-which-on-eating-is-reviewed): And we learn the word "tortuous."
- [🍸 ‘On Eating’ 🦪 Is Out Tomorrow 🥂](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-eating-book-soundtrack): Plus: The book's soundtrack, revealed!
- [So You Want to Eat Like a Local?](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/so-you-want-to-eat-like-a-local): Guiding you through Old San Juan this month.
- [On Lamb ](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-lamb): An excerpt from my new book, out next week.
- [Fake Jobs, Real Recipes](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/fake-jobs-real-recipes): The recommended reading, watching, listening, and etc. for the month.
- [On Eating, On Tour](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-eating-on-tour): Here’s where you can find me next month!
- [You Say Tomato... 🍅](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/you-say-tomato): Issue 1 of Tomato Tomato Magazine is here.
- [On Wellness](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-wellness): Is it for the dogs?
- [We’re Reading ‘Tell Me How You Eat’](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/we-re-reading-tell-me-how-you-eat): Amber Husain’s memoir on the political dimensions of food and power.
- [What Counts As a Food Story?](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/what-counts-as-a-food-story): Abuse in fine dining, but not of farm or meat processing workers.
- [We’re Restaurant-Mapping the World](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/we-re-restaurant-mapping-the-world): Plus: the eating, cooking, and drinking of the last month.
- [The Desk Salon with Michael Shaikh](https://www.aliciakennedy.news/p/food-culture-in-wartime): Plus: Ashanté M. Reese is on this week's episode of "On Appetite."