Tips on sprucing up canned beans, a really amazing pumpkin salad idea, and more veg-centric eating, cooking, and drinking in the Monthly Menu. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/how-to-mak...

should freelance writers get paid more than minimum wage? it's a wild question, i know, but a lot of people seem to think it's OK that freelancer's rates have FALLEN every year and when indie pubs try to pay even average rates, y'all complain about paywalls, which tells me your answer is "no!"

Miyoko Schinner, the namesake and once-owner of Miyokos' Creamery is trying to buy back her company. Learn more about this trailblazing nondairy queen and her new book in our latest by @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social: foodprint.org/blog/how-miy...

I got back on the horse of MY BEAT to write about Miyoko's game-changing new book THE VEGAN CREAMERY for @foodprintorg.bsky.social foodprint.org/blog/how-miy...

BOOK COVER REVEAL DAY 🦪 🍸 🥂 www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-eating-...

My culture recs and notes of the month… did some watching, did some reading… www.aliciakennedy.news/p/entertain-...

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

Where do people buy audiobooks and ebooks? This is where No Meat Required still sells but as I’m not a user of these (paper forever), I don’t know what to recommend. Bookshop.org for ebooks, I’m guessing!

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Ever randomly remember voting for Cynthia Nixon against Andrew Cuomo!!!

Getting diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder (graves’ disease) whose symptoms are exactly what you feel when you’re already stressed and your dad texts you something insane? Ridiculous.

An essay in anticipation of a big birthday + a memoir cover reveal. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/born-at-th...

Kicking off some holiday cooking conversation tomorrow with two of my favorite cookbook writers, Joe Yonan and Philip Khoury — savory and sweet expertise, respectively. alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/a-pl...

"As an independent journalist, if you tell people news they don’t want to hear or if you present them with news that challenges their preconceived worldview, they will not only not pay you and not support you, but they will also punish you." harpers.org/archive/2025...

Also I stopped sending my newsletter to 15K people when I moved off Substack. It might be you? If so, resubscribe why not!!!

A lot of publishing a newsletter is reminding people about stuff. I didn’t used to think this was the case and feared all repetition. Now I’m like you’re gonna see it many times!!! All of it!!! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/oh-happy-h...

I wrote about living in my own version of On the Calculation of Volume / loss of seasons / my dog’s habits / my shoe soft spots www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-seasons...

🇵🇸🌱 solidaritevegan.fr -> Un bundle solidaire d'ebooks de recettes vegan dont 100% des ventes vont à des cagnottes pour les palestinien·nes.

Talking about the embedded discourse of recipe writing through the last book club pick of the year, Vibration Cooking! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/to-cook-an...

complaining about paywalls on independent media is literally an endorsement for billionaire controlled media — *and* vocal opposition to the future we need if we want to build something outside their monopolies on public discourse, periodddd

I wrote about BOOK FATE this week. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-fate

🎙️ ON AIR: We're talking to tech journalist @bcmerchant.bsky.social, food and culture writer @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social and journalist @nickvalencianews.bsky.social about the shifting landscape of mainstream media. ❓Have you left a major media outlet to go independent? Why? 📻 Listen:

What is horsey sauce and other things from my day in Wisconsin. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-a-day-i...

When will liberals who love to say Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. grow up and use the word “colony” to aptly describe the relationship? Like what do they think territorial status is???

CULTURE ROUNDUP plus a lot of offerings here for getting your act together to launch a newsletter. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/hungry-for...

This is the only newsletter I subscribe to! You should become a member as well! Lots of thought provoking content, a great community space and I especially enjoy Alicia's Desk Book Club! I have learnt so much by being a member.

Last chance to win a giveaway of THE VEGAN CREAMERY by Miyoko! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/we-ve-got-...

I'm doing an end-of-year push for my newsletter in order to bankroll a new publication I'll be launching in 2026. Annual membership is as low as $30 to provide access to a robust community, smart conversation, and culture work that can't be found elsewhere. www.aliciakennedy.news/upgrade

This #WorldVegetarianDay check out our podcast interview with @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social, all about her book "No Meat Required," which explores the rich history of plant-based eating: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...

🚨 26 spots left for what will be a brilliant discussion. Come live to be able to get into the conversation. (But From the Desk members get access to the recording regardless.) alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/is-c...

I wrote about how to a little planning can mean coming home to food in your house that you actually want to eat after a trip. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-post-t...

Good news! Lucky Brand to pay $500,000 to garment workers. This case has immediate impact ($$$ in people's hands) & sets a precedent: No matter the layers of opaque ownership, brands are ultimately responsible for the consequences of their purchasing practices. dignityandrights.org/2025/09/toge...

A LOT happening, including a giveaway of Miyoko’s new cookbook THE VEGAN CREAMERY. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/we-ve-got-...

I am excited for this. alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/is-c...

I'm always beating this drum, I know, but we have to talk about the actual politics influencing our relationships to food. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/food-is-po...

Tomorrow, reminder, we have a conversation between meat industry reporters Alice Driver and Melissa Montalvo, on the occasion of the paperback release of Driver’s brilliant book Life and Death of the American Worker: alicia-kennedy.com/salon/p/alic...

you need cold, salt and a meal at the same time

Javier Bardem at the #Emmys: "Here I am today denouncing the genocide in Gaza... Free Palestine!" (via @Variety)

Post a link to any major newspaper and people will be sure to let you know they cannot access it.

Tomorrow in the newsletter… all about muffins…

Proving a point (hopefully) about my vegan muffin base recipe by making them with whatever was in my mom’s pantry.

DOPE CONVO with Miyoko Schinner on the occasion of her new book’s release at Baltimore Book Festival. Get THE VEGAN CREAMERY!

Woman newly allergic to gel gives herself a late summer manicure

I chronicled all my eating, cooking, and drinking from the summer. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-summer...

Today’s yogurt bowl with a last-minute single-serve stove-stop granola:

Got rid of muffin pan thinking we were imminently moving; ran to get one quickly at Marshall’s to recipe test; have made grave error because it’s the worst piece of shit I’ve ever baked in — never again wasn’t fucking thinking

I could never get into the Great British Bakeoff because they left in the chewing sounds.

It is really funny to me that the lab I go to for bloodwork offers you a coupon for toast and a coffee at a nearby café. It is called Laboratorio Borinquen and when I first saw a sign for it, I thought it was anti-colonial agitprop.

A doctor's waiting room has the same turbo-charge effect on my productivity as an airplane.

i live (basically) in a town with beautiful views in every direction and i'm afraid you're totally right on this one