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Kevin Alexander

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Author, BURN THE ICE (Penguin Press). James Beard Award winner. Co-author: THE LEMON (Viking) 2023 James Beard Award Finalist: CALIFORNIA SOUL (Random House)

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Kevin Alexander is Thrillist's National Writer-at-Large, focusing mainly on the restaurant and bar industry. He is a James Beard and SPJ Award Winner, has written for Esquire, The New Republic, Elle, Men's Journal, The Boston Globe, Howler, and many other publications, and is currently working on a book about the glories and pitfalls of America's culinary revolution for Penguin Press. Somewhat regrettably, last year he also ate 330 burgers in 30 cities.

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Finding Pete Wells: A Search for America's Most Dangerous Restaurant Critic

Finding Pete Wells: A Search for America's Most Dangerous Restaurant Critic

I tried to find NY Times restaurant critic Pete Wells. Spoiler Alert: I do not end up finding NY Times restau…

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There's a Massive Restaurant Industry Bubble, and It's About to Burst

There's a Massive Restaurant Industry Bubble, and It's About to Burst

Editor's Note: This is the third and final story in Kevin Alexander's extensive and obsessive year-long inves…

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The Long, Twisted History of Earnestine & Hazel's, America's Greatest Burger Dive Bar

The Long, Twisted History of Earnestine & Hazel's, America's Greatest Burger Dive Bar

They said there've been 13 people who met their maker in Earnestine and Hazel's in Memphis, Tennessee. But I'…

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My Family, Western Mass, and the Best Burger Shack in America

My Family, Western Mass, and the Best Burger Shack in America

An essay about my family's connection to Western Mass, and one particular beloved burger shack.

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Forget Spain: Why I'm Mourning the End of Australia's Golden Generation

Forget Spain: Why I'm Mourning the End of Australia's Golden Generation

In which I pay homage to Australia's "Golden Generation" of soccer players as they played their final interna…

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Is Banning Tips the Last Hope for the Restaurant Business?

Is Banning Tips the Last Hope for the Restaurant Business?

My breakdown of the no-tipping movement in American restaurants.

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Articles

Katie Engelhart on Medically Assisted Dying in the U.S. vs. Canada

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By Kevin Alexander
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The Canadian Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die. In this conversation with Reason's Kevin Alexander, Engelhart discusses why people choose assisted death, compares U.S. and Canadian health care systems and assisted-dying laws, and addresses debates about disability rights and media coverage of medically assisted dying. Q: Why did you choose to structure your book around these different stories?
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What do you get when you cross restaurants, media, death, and satire? The Lemon.

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By Andrea Strong , Kevin Alexander
| The Strong Buzz
As some of you may already know, I do three things with alarming regularity (though thankfully not all at the same time): restaurants (regularly), reading (voraciously), and running (slowly). And while the focus of my career has been writing about the first of these, I’ve also written about running, but never really written about a book. This is not to say I haven’t read books that I probably could have written about; or at least had something to say about.
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California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival

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By Kevin Alexander, Keith Corbin
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Kevin Alexander (Author) Keith Corbin (Author) FORMAT Hardcover$28.99$26.96(English) Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Description JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE - A sharply crafted and unflinchingly honest memoir about gangs, drugs, cooking, and living life on the line--both on the streets and in the kitchen--from one of the most exciting stars in the food world today "As compelling or more so than Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society . . .
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Awards

James Beard Foundation Journalism Award

2017 - Profile

I won the 2017 JBFA in the profile category for my look at NY Times restaurant critic Pete Wells.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2004 - Mark of Excellence, Nonfiction Article

I won an SPJ Mark of Excellence Award for my Boston Magazine story "Boys Life," which followed the routines of three middle school students with very different backgrounds. It was an excerpt from my Boston University masters thesis.

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