About this episode

Alicia Kennedy discusses her memoir and new projects while Matt Rodbard interviews Elizabeth Dunn about a cultural phenomenon among New York teens.

Alicia Kennedy is a food and culture writer from New York based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is the author of the essential weekly newsletter From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, the book No Meat Required, and a lush new memoir, On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites. It’s so special to have Alicia in the studio on her publication day to talk about making this book, her new magazine project, Tomato Tomato, and much more. Also on the show, Matt catches up with Elizabeth Dunn to talk about her recent New York magazine story about how a caffeine-laced strawberry-açai drink at Starbucks became the allowance-draining status symbol of New York’s teen elite. Subscribe to This Is TASTE: ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Matt Rodbard

Guest: Alicia Kennedy

Topics covered

• memoir
• food writing
• cultural commentary
• teen culture
• beverage trends

Keywords

• Alicia Kennedy
• memoir
• food culture
• New York
• teen elite
• Starbucks
• caffeine drink

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy, Tomato Tomato, New York magazine

Products: caffeine-laced strawberry-açai drink

Books & works: No Meat Required, On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites

Places: New York, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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