My work has appeared in The Yale Review, Harper’s Bazaar, the Guardian, British Vogue, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies—as well as many other outlets. An essay I wrote for MOLD was selected by Mark Bittman for inclusion in Best American Food Writing 2023; other editions have featured my pieces in the “notable” section. 

On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites, a memoir of food and place, is forthcoming from Hachette on April 14, 2026. My bestselling debut, No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating, was published by Beacon Press in 2023 and has been translated into Portuguese for publication in Brazil. Col and Col, a Spanish publisher, has released Desde mi escritorio, a collection of my essays in translation. My recipes have appeared in the 50th anniversary edition of Diet for a Small Planet and the James Beard Award–winning Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking by Joe Yonan.

That one-woman magazine I run is called From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, and it has been mentioned by the New York Times, Vogue, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, New York, and many more outlets in the U.S. and internationally. My publication is much-talked-about, regularly taught, and cited in books and beyond. Project C named me one of 2025’s “Top 50 Creator-Model Journalists,” and Tasting Table called me one of ten iconic food writers that “every foodie should know.”

I’ve taught in the gastronomy graduate program at Boston University and regularly speak in the U.S. and abroad, through university class visits, lectures, or talks. If you’d like to work together, invite me to speak, or have a conversation, please scroll down. For literary inquiries, my agent is Jenny Stephens at Sterling Lord Literistic.