Creative Conversations: An Interview with Alicia Kennedy

Being a writer

Today is the first release of my new series Creative Conversations, and I’m thrilled to share this interview with you all. I met Alicia via Twitter years ago, and then IRL (also years ago). Her Substack, From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, is wildly successful and beautifully written. Its been featured in New York Times, The Nation, Eater, and Vogue (amongst many others). Alicia’s writing has also recently appeared in Foreign Policy, Bon Appétit, SSENSE, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Alicia’s writing is truly special because of the ways she intermingles the personal, culinary, and political. In my opinion, she could teach a master class on how to maintain presence and intimacy in personal writing while also teaching your reader about new concepts and expanding their worldviews. I’ve long admired the ways in which she fearlessly shares her thoughts, opinions, and point of view.

Her first book, No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, is an important investig…