Alicia Kennedy

Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Education: Fordham University

Alicia’s writing focuses on food, culture, climate, politics, and veganism. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Village Voice, The New Republic, The Baffler, Time, Epicurious, Serious Eats, and Eater, among others.
With over 15,000 subscribers, her weekly newsletter From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy has been praised and cited by numerous publications for her essays on food culture, politics, and media, including W, Vogue Australia, GQ, The New York Times, Eater, and San Francisco Chronicle.
Alicia has been covering Puerto Rico’s culinary scene and foodways from San Juan since 2015.

Experience

Long Island native Alicia Kennedy is a freelance journalist whose writing focuses heavily on food, culture, climate, politics, and veganism. She was a vegan columnist for NYLON, contributing editor to Edible Brooklyn and Edible Manhattan, and hosted her own podcast Meatless, which featured conversations with writers and chefs about culture and meat consumption. Her articles, essays, and think pieces have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Village Voice, The New Republic, The Baffler, Time, Epicurious, Serious Eats, and Eater, among others.

With over 15,000 subscribers, her weekly newsletter From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy has been praised and cited by numerous publications for her essays on food culture, politics, and media, including, W, Vogue Australia, GQ, The New York Times, Eater, and San Francisco Chronicle. Alicia has been covering Puerto Rico’s culinary scene and foodways from San Juan, Puerto Rico, since 2015.

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