Why Am I Writing a Book?
Embarrassed that I don't have a better answer.
Alexandra’s Substack
Personal reflections on life, food, and the craft of writing—plus a behind-the-scenes look at the world of food journalism.
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What’s It Actually Like To Travel for Free?
TL;DR: Nothing really is free.
Never Meet Your Heroes
What Happens When You Get Close Enough to Fame to See the Machine
8 Things Nobody Tells You About Working at a Health Food Magazine
From free samples to fad diets, the strange realities of working behind the scenes in wellness media.
“Clean Nicotine,” Hailey Bieber’s Morning Routine &more
A recording from Alexandra Emanuelli's live video
Cigarettes, Caffeine, and Ozempic Chic
Move over heroin chic. This time, we’re calling it optimization.
Everyone's New Favorite Drug
Why nicotine is wellness culture's darling du jour.
I'm a Health Writer. Here's Why I Hate the Word "Healthy."
It’s the most common word in wellness, and one of the least useful.
I Wrote Wellness Advice For Millions of Readers. Here's What I Don't Believe Anymore.
From gut health to preservatives, these are the wellness ideas that refuse to go away, and how I think about them now.
What Is “Boy Kibble”? And 5 Other Things Worth Your Attention From March
From boy kibble to
The First Time I Made The List
A scene from Celery Juice, Clickbait and Control
Biggest Loser, MAHA, and Meat Cereal on This Week in Food News
A recording from Alexandra Emanuelli's live video
Food Isn’t Clean or Dirty. So Why Do We Talk About It That Way?
Chapter 5: How a centuries-old idea about purity turned into the modern obsession with “clean eating.”
Things I’d Tell Publicists If I Wasn’t Afraid to Hurt Their Feelings
To my PR friends, with love.
Nothing Beats Zero
5 A.M. Run Club — Chapter 4 of Celery Juice, Clickbait and Control
The Devil Drinks Green Juice
The latest episode drop in my memoir-in-progress.
The Finance Bro, The Ice Cream Cone, and the Birth of a Girlboss
An excerpt from Celery Juice, Clickbait, and Control, a memoir-in-progress. Are you all caught up?
Part 2: Two Weeks to Become a Magazine Girl
Read the next instalment of my memoir-in-progress
Chapter 1: Clickbait, Control, and Celery Juice
Read the first excerpt from my new memoir-in-progress.
A New Chapter: Selling a Book and Starting Over
I’ll be sharing early pages here, if you’d like to read along.