Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 2hSometimes you have to remember that even though someone is replying to you, they’re not actually replying to you but to a figment of their imagination based on random, incomplete inputs. Because I'm very aware of this tendency, I try hard not to replicate it in my own behavior. 020
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 4hI've been thinking a lot about recipes for a piece that will be out this winter, and this has brought up for myself why I stopped developing recipes—basically, I felt like I'd written down all the recipes I had in me, though maybe in the future I'll have more? www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-the-rec...aliciakennedy.newsOn the Recipe As ObjectOverproduction is the norm, but who’s cooking all this stuff? 121
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 20hWhen students ask how I start to write essays, I don't think they want me to tell them about spending a whole 40-hour work week reading. 080
Reposted by Alicia KennedyKarmela Padavic-Callaghan (they/them) @kpc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026It was such an honor and so fun to be part of this conversation. Do check it out for thoughts on scientific thinking, queer utopias and failures, and cooking as means of literally building up our loved ones. 062
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I have two-hour food essay workshops coming up in late October and mid-November: alicia-kennedy.com/workshopsalicia-kennedy.comWorkshops — ALICIA KENNEDY 011
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Yesterday’s Salon with @kpc.bsky.social and Joseph Osmundson moderated expertly by Raechel Anne Jolie was so stunning I just had to make it available for all. Watch here: www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-desk-s...aliciakennedy.newsThe Desk Salon with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph OsmundsonModerated by Raechel Ann Jolie. 051
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The last chapter of On Eating is about water and coffee. This week I wrote about experiencing Puerto Rico’s water crisis and the fact that this is not a local issue but a global one: www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-wateraliciakennedy.newsOn WaterAnd an ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico. 073
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Today in two hours! Paid subscribers have the Zoom link in their email from Friday. alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/the-...alicia-kennedy.comOn Science Memoir with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph Osmundson — ALICIA KENNEDYJoin us for a conversation on weaving the personal and the scientific together in memoir with two brilliant writers, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan and Joseph Osmundson, who have both put out genre-bending... 010
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It’s when I’ve taken an edible and ordered a beer that the kid decides to try me out on a new spritz recipe 060
Reposted by Alicia Kennedygayatripat.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026@aliciadkennedy.bsky.social, NO MEAT REQUIRED author, is hosting a virtual event for fellow @beaconpress.bsky.social author @kpc.bsky.social, writer of ENTANGLED STATES, & Nat'l Book Award finalist @reluctantlyjoe.bsky.social this Sunday! alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/the-...alicia-kennedy.comOn Science Memoir with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph Osmundson — ALICIA KENNEDYJoin us for a conversation on weaving the personal and the scientific together in memoir with two brilliant writers, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan and Joseph Osmundson, who have both put out genre-bending... 072
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026added my bio to my newsletter site (i'm live-blogging all my newsletter upkeep updates here why not lol) and put a photo that will hopefully repel people who don't like "sharply worded opinions" www.aliciakennedy.news/aboutaliciakennedy.newsAbout | From the Desk of Alicia KennedyA twice-weekly newsletter on food culture, media, and politics. 030
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A little media criticism moment, a Sunday Salon reminder, and all of the culture recommendations for the month. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/should-gov...aliciakennedy.newsShould Government-Run Grocery Stores Be Ugly?PLu 021
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Well, I'm glad no one sent me this Booklist blurb because it's wrong off the bat (it's my second fucking book) and does this deranged thing that many reviews have done, which is be really taken aback by my not eating meat and interpret it as a mandate lol 250
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Interested in science memoir, hybrid memoir, queer memoir, or all of the above? Come to our salon on Sunday! alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/the-...alicia-kennedy.comOn Science Memoir with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph Osmundson — ALICIA KENNEDYJoin us for a conversation on weaving the personal and the scientific together in memoir with two brilliant writers, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan and Joseph Osmundson, who have both put out genre-bending... 044
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026For reasons of trying to beef up my bona fides as a public scholar, a very quick search turned up my newsletter cited in 6 dissertations and theses from the last couple of years. 070
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I work too hard to post things on IG for people who live their lives on IG to comment that they love these ideas I'm putting in a carousel that are... based on my first book and my newsletter, which has been regularly published for 6.5 years. 180
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I read my horoscope every day because sometimes it does kick my ass into gear (reminds me to nurture my garden so I do a bunch of newsletter upkeep and create some UTM links lol). 010
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I have one of my lectures on self-publishing, How to Create an Editorial Vision, as a free download for signup, too: www.aliciakennedy.news/products/how...aliciakennedy.newsHow to Create an Editorial VisionA presentation on how various independent publications approach their editorial perspective—and what we can learn from them and apply to our own work. 130
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you don't know about my twice-weekly newsletter on food culture, media, and politics, here's a primer: www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-the-arc...aliciakennedy.newsWhat Is From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy?Get to know the landscape. 032
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026during my brief break from talking for 4.5 hours straight i am mainlining Ricolas because i have such a weak-ass throat! 020
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sunday! alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/the-...alicia-kennedy.comOn Science Memoir with Karmela Padavic-Callaghan & Joseph Osmundson — ALICIA KENNEDYJoin us for a conversation on weaving the personal and the scientific together in memoir with two brilliant writers, Karmela Padavic-Callaghan and Joseph Osmundson, who have both put out genre-bending... 010
Reposted by Alicia KennedyNatalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"to name a problem makes you the problem" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-realit...aliciakennedy.newsThe Reality PostureHow much real life should fiction contain? 182
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There’s a new issue of Tomato Tomato—a digital magazine of food writing about culture—out now, and I’ve also launched “The Review” vertical, for brief reviews and dispatches on an occasional basis. First up, a review of Ken Albala's new book! tomatotomato.xyz/the-review/t...tomatotomato.xyz‘The World Atlas of Fermented Foods and Drinks’ by Ken Albala — Tomato TomatoFermentation as land lies at the heart of Ken Albala’s new book, The World Atlas of Fermented Foods and Drinks . Albala begins this journey in Sub-Saharan Africa, a place often underacknowledged in... 031
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Is it "liberal posturing" to include realities of climate change and fascism in your novel? Considering the weird expectations of how to include politics in fiction (and, of course, food writing) this week. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-realit...aliciakennedy.newsThe Reality PostureHow much real life should fiction contain? 020
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Perhaps a nice Sunday activity to read through these stories :) 021
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Leading a press release with how many social media followers someone has... does this ever actually work? 060
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have worked so hard on a piece for a little more than a month and right now I feel how I feel when I finish a book!!! 140
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026TOMATO TOMATO 🍅 ISSUE 4 NOW LIVE tomatotomato.xyz/magazine/cat... 034
Reposted by Alicia KennedySarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is why I am always telling y'all you want your raw oysters to be from very cold water, and why I, personally, do not eat Florida/Gulf oysters raw, ever. Warmer water = more bacteria, a problem climate change is exacerbating. Love, your friend the oyster shucker.people.comFifth Person in Florida Dies of Flesh-Eating Bacteria Linked to Raw SeafoodA fifth person in Florida has died of a flesh-eating bacteria commonly linked to eating raw seafood as cases of Vibrio in the state continue to climb. 13513
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“I never feel properly positioned to have anything go well,” I say, in a professional call about my career, lol 030
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Annoyed with the landlord so blasting LCD Soundsystem, the most elder millennial gringa thing I could be doing. 060
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I also use this nasal spray for allergies and never got (symptomatic) Covid. 061
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's scary to me how much people use social media but do not think at all about the ways in which all of the content is being produced, whether it's extracting energy from writers and artists they could use better elsewhere, whether it's denying them depth and agency... 130
Reposted by Alicia KennedyAuburn Scallon @wsauburn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Loved this piece and thinking of all the brilliant-yet-underemployed (or underpaid) translators I know. “the translators are out there, likely ready for work, and where there is a language, there are writers, and where there are writers, one can assume there is food.” 111
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Received an email telling me there are new statements available in the Hachette Author Portal but I will not be looking at those... 010
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Revisiting this piece from 2020, "On Translation," where I was considering what it would be like if translation were a bigger part of food media, as I prepare to run two translated pieces in the new issue of Tomato Tomato, coming out Friday. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-transla...aliciakennedy.newsOn Translationand English's dominance of food media. 040
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Revisiting a 2022 piece on the individualized food media attention economy. (It's only gotten worse!) www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-selling...aliciakennedy.newsOn Selling a LifestyleThe food content ouroboros. 132
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026people are saying that this app has readers on it so i might have to make it the one to which i sacrifice my mental health 1160
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I forgot to record our conversation with Kate Zambreno, so I wrote about the process of preparing the interview and offer my questions. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/i-forgot-t...aliciakennedy.newsI Forgot to Hit RecordHow to prepare for 070
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A thing that I really want to convey in my work is that just because the overarching food narrative shows one thing, doesn't mean that thing had any influence on how most people ate. "Food culture" as it gets broadly historicized reflects a very particular milieu. 010
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What I've been eating, cooking, drinking—and some housekeeping up top! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/take-the-t...aliciakennedy.newsTake the Two-Hour Mini Food Essay WorkshopPlus: Innovations in Cheap Lunch and more eating, cooking, & drinking 042
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My cultural criticism summer workshops were the most popular of the offerings but my cultural criticism post in my newsletter with selections from the syllabus was the least popular. You lit-er-ally can never know what people want so just do what you feel like doing!!!!! 061
Reposted by Alicia KennedyThe Institute for Independent Journalists @indiejournalists.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There’s one thing we all have in common: food. Join our webinar on Sept. 25 to explore how to succeed as a freelancer on the food beat. Featuring Dr. Cynthia Greenlee of the Guardian, @jayasaxena.com, @soleilho.com, @hannaraskin.bsky.social, and @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social bit.ly/diginiij 011
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026To motivate myself to do the syllabus / course structure revamp that I’ve been mulling for months, I’m going to give a mini, two-hour version of the Food Essay in October and November. If you haven’t wanted to commit to 5 weeks & a ton of reading, this is for you! alicia-kennedy.com/workshopsalicia-kennedy.comWorkshops — ALICIA KENNEDY 021
Reposted by Alicia KennedyJuneisy Hawkins @junehawk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"NYC might have Mamdani but the fooderati are being bamboozled." Great piece by @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social www.aliciakennedy.news/p/is-food-fl...aliciakennedy.newsIs Food Flopping?Or has it never really peaked? 131
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026IS FOOD FLOPPING? I ask in this week’s piece. I am very interested in how food media can present a picture of food culture that’s less repetitive in terms of geography, language, and taste—as well as whether the narratives it accepts as true are real at all! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/is-food-fl...aliciakennedy.newsIs Food Flopping?Or has it never really peaked? 030
Reposted by Alicia KennedyThe Institute for Independent Journalists @indiejournalists.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Hungry for a career exploring the one thing we all have in common? Don’t miss our Sept. 25 webinar with independent food journalists Dr. Cynthia Greenlee of the Guardian, @jayasaxena.com, @soleilho.com, @hannaraskin.bsky.social, and @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social bit.ly/diginiij 001
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When you read a lot of books these awards lists just seem more silly and arbitrary. 020
Alicia Kennedy @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I loved working on a recent piece so much that today I thought, "I'm a little sad not to still be working on that piece"—I filed my first draft last week. Today, I got the first round of edits and they're juicy as hell. Back to work. (Luckily this is related subject matter to my next book proposal!) 040