I will always be the one mentioning LiveJournal because I've been posting since 1999, baby!!! Writing books has killed my posting game lol but it was the goal of all of it so!

It’s always wild to find out I have readers who are delusional and hawkish and love the USA. How did they end up subscribed to my newsletter?

Eating Well asked me to expand on my newsletter about eating the Win Son Bakery scallion pancake egg and cheese for three days in a row, lol. I turned it into a piece on eating by the muse not by the hype! www.eatingwell.com/this-sandwic...

I'm doing an eight-part interview series called ON APPETITE with other writers. The first episode is out this week, featuring Lauren Collins of the New Yorker (can also be found wherever you get audio podcasts!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ba2...

damn, what a selection of forthcoming conversations...! alicia-kennedy.com/salon

The Food Essay, March evening sessions, begin tomorrow! If you’d like to spend five weeks reading, re-reading, and talking about essays—come join me! alicia-kennedy.com/workshops/p/...

This week, I wrote about the weirdness of algae oil’s rebrand from biofuel to high-end culinary oil for the anti-seed oil contingent. Plus! The first episode of my eight-week ON APPETITE podcast (video and audio) with Lauren Collins of the New Yorker. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-algae-oil

I talked to PW about my new book: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

@aliciadkennedy.bsky.social had a newsletter about this not long ago with a bunch of terrific-sounding places all across the $$ spectrum. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-copenha...

in less than 6 months Condé Nast got rid of every trans woman on editorial. there is no liberal media. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

I am doing well as a writer by most metrics including even money somehow??? but the book coming out imminently makes me feel absolutely horrid and like I'm on the precipice of disaster!

Signed preorders of my next book, On Eating, out on April 14 are still in the best seller list for Kitchen Arts & Letters. GET YOURS! Make my wrist sore as hell!!! www.kitchenartsandletters.com/products/on-...

I worked really hard a few years ago to nail oven-baked French fries, and there are a few tricks in here gleaned from other folks' hard-earned wisdom! Thanks, @cmf406.bsky.social for posting about the vague memory of this recipe! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/from-the-k...

Shoutout to @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social for a post, sometime in the last few years, in which she explained that the key to homemade fries is to blanch the potato sticks in water. At least this is my memory of her post that I was too lazy to look up, but it worked a treat! Real potatoes for the win.

Giving a workshop on being your own managing editor tonight at 7 p.m. EST. alicia-kennedy.com/workshops/p/...

This week, I wrote about “appetite,” my new book, and a podcast I’m launching in the lead-up to its release. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-appetit...

If you’ve ever wondered what being five feet tall is like when I put these Marc Jacobs Kiki boots on I feel like the world was made for me.

Next Tuesday! We’re in conversation with Michael Shaikh about his book ‘The Last Sweet Bite’ and the effects of war on culinary culture. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-the-las...

I like when someone tells me they don't get my newsletter anymore and then I look in the back end...

I wrote an excessive OOO reply that'll be up for the foreseeable future because I remember that when my first book was coming out, I was too shaky and distracted to reply to everyone's emails and notes and there were folks who took this very personally lol

It’s occurred to me lately that if I’d grown up differently, I’d be like Emerald Fennell or Lena Dunham… I just have that same delusional level of self-belief but I grew up around normal people who ridicule such things.

I don't like GLP-1s because I need to see the endocrinologist but they're all BOOKED UP!

This week, I wrote about being left behind by cake trends and reclaiming my taste. Also, the subtext of everything I write in 2026 is: Preorder ON EATING! www.aliciakennedy.news/p/an-ode-to-...

It's nice to see @theflytrapmedia.com republish this 2021 Bitch piece I wrote on sugar! If you like this piece, may I suggest... my forthcoming book ON EATING?! theflytrapmedia.com/sweet-hereafter/?ref=the-flytrap-newsletter&attribution_id=6982c77fcdf957000153cc69&attribution_type=post

I wrote about new grocery shops in San Juan that are stocking Puerto Rican products...! Plus the rest of my eating, cooking, and drinking. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/the-shoppy...

One thing I do these days is tell people what I actually think rather than what I think they want to hear, and while it keeps work at bay, I think it mainly keeps work I'd be miserable doing and coffee chats I'd be miserable having at bay.

Would you like a RECIPE CARD with your PREORDER? Upload receipt here! www.hachettebookgroup.com/articles/on-...

The easy and EAGER spread of misinformation on Instagram during the Bad Bunny halftime show was terrifying to witness. People do not want to hold their horses and wait for verification of anything.

By the way, on Friday, @theflytrapmedia.com is running an archival Bitch Media piece by @aliciadkennedy.bsky.social about the torturous history and unsure future of sugarcane production in, you guessed it, Puerto Rico. Subscribe to get that story, which will not be behind a paywall, to your inbox:

That someone is rereading this collection on a plane makes me very happy.

This week, our conversation with @annygaul.bsky.social about her book ‘Nile Nightshades’ 🍅 the first Desk Book Club selection of 2026 www.aliciakennedy.news/p/on-tomatoes

tfw bad bunny performs at the Super Bowl and then there’s no water in Viejo San Juan Lol

People are less likely to convert on other platforms because it’s slightly more involved. I’m running a business and playing a long game, but I don’t fault colleagues for what they’re doing to build something for themselves.

Please if you are not a writer or newsletter publisher, do not crusade about the evils of Substack at people trying to make a living in a dying industry. It’s not by shaming and browbeating that things will change.

After five nights away from my husband and dog, I can’t wait to see them AND finally watch last Sunday’s INDUSTRY!!!

ON EATING book launch April 16 at Powerhouse Arena I am announcing this wherever I am speaking to very few people lol events.ticketleap.com/tickets/powe...

Discussing attention as ritual, and giving you all my recommended reading, watching, viewing, & listening. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/attention-...

If you find chopping vegetables too “time consuming” while working a media job at home we are just COOKED as a society (obviously we are cooked)

It’s harder to convert people to paid when not using Substack (in my experience, at least) but it’s because they have to make a more conscious choice, so at least these folks are being weeded out…

I definitely have things to say about the demographics of people who think they can sign up for a paid subscription, ignore all emails about said subscription and renewal, and then act victimized when they receive a receipt.

It’s the WORST MODEL, I say as someone who’s made a living on it for years. It only works with the safety net of a healthy media infrastructure where it’s all complementary. You can publish big edited work with protections and a team; you can build your personal audience on essay & opinion, etc.

when i give wired dot com $40 i get access to so many journalists‘ work, when i give my favorite writer $40 i only get that one person’s work AND i can only do that for like one person a year. it sucks!!!!

I’m recording my audiobook this week and have been praised for how many pages I can do in a day “as an author.” “We should erect a statue of you,” said the studio manager.

As a person who's been back and forth between New York and San Juan a LOT this winter, I will say that I think people are bundling up TOO MUCH. And not taking coats off in warm places even over long stretches. Need more balance.

I am eating the vegan coconut yogurt with literally no nutrients for reasons even I cannot ascertain, except that this week I'm not eating any dairy because I'm recording my audiobook and generally probably shouldn't eat dairy at all. Anyway. Someone make a thick yogurt from soy milk—plz, thx!!!

This week, I talked to four bakers about how their regional food systems influence their work. www.aliciakennedy.news/p/look-to-th...

"Popes having a crisis of faith" is really a top 3 genre for me.

really appreciated that alicia left substack and really enjoyed reading this more behind the scenes kind of stuff on the decision and the benefits and how she thinks about her work!

Truly fucking gobsmacked at how sad it feels that Catherine O'Hara has passed. A fucking queen of comedy for my whole life, a weird girl icon.

This whole "biogas" or "renewable natural gas" scheme is the apex of greenwashing false solutions - & a perfect example of how corporations team up to shift the risk & cost of destructive business models onto the rest of us.