DR ALESSANDRA PINO

FOOD HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR

A Gothic Cookbook:

Hauntingly Delicious Recipes
Inspired by 13 Classic Tales

Welcome

AP profile

Alessandra is an expert on the intersections of the Gothic, food, and cultural memory. Born in Hampstead, London, to an Italian mother and Venezuelan diplomat father, Alessandra grew up in different countries and across cultures and languages. She holds degrees from ‘L’Orientale’ University, Naples (Italy), and from the University of Westminster (UK, MA in Translation Studies); she was awarded a PhD in Food, Cultural Memory, and the Gothic in 2022. Alessandra worked with a Michelin-starred chef for nearly ten years before moving to academia, researching and publishing on food, cultural memory, the supernatural and the Gothic.

Alessandra is the co-author of A Gothic Cookbook, which digs into food themes and motifs in a series of classic and contemporary novels from the 19th century to the present day and the co-host of Fear Feasts, a podcast which analyses the horror genre- films and books- through the lens of food. She publishes and speaks/lectures on the history of food, cultural memory, the supernatural, horror and the Gothic in journals, anthologies, TV and podcasts.

Read a popular article:

Food Memory-Language: How Memory Is Mediated and Remediated by Food

Dark Food

Latest podcasts:

The Well Seasoned Librarian

My personal blog

'Still Hungry for Horror' (Shh...)

Pizza and Single Mothers/ Female Caregivers: Exploring the Symbolism in Horror

The Food of Witchcraft in Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby