Nina Atesh: Dining with the Devil
The first time I encountered the work of writer and director Nina Atesh was during an R&D of In League with the Devil at the Arcola Theatre in East London. And before anyone panics, R&D in theatre does not mean Research and Drinks. It means Reading and Development. Though honestly, both probably happen! Nina Atesh I remember being completely mesmerised. There […]
Dorothy Barrick: Feeding the Frame
The Art of Food in Film What kind of job requires you to carry knives, toothpicks, pastry brushes, chopping boards, water, glycerine spray, and sometimes half a kitchen in the back of your car? Food styling. In this episode of A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino, I’m joined by Dorothy Barrick, known as Dot, […]
Richard Crampton-Platt: Pasta and Prejudice
Listen to the episode here This episode was not sponsored by Greggs.Although, it begins with a sausage roll. In this conversation with Richard Crampton-Platt, a former restaurateur turned food writer and content creator whose work explores food history, culture, and the stories we tell about what we eat, we start with something deceptively simple: a […]
Emiliano Amore: On Love for the Liminal Larder
What happens when adaptation stops feeling like compromise and starts feeling like selfhood? Listen to the episode on Spotify! In this latest episode of A Curious Appetite, I spoke with chef and writer Emiliano Amore about migration, identity, craving, and the kitchens we build between cultures. Emiliano, who was born in Rome and is now […]
Dr Dan O’Brien: Death at the Table
Funerary Food, Memory, and the Afterlife: A Curious Appetite with Dr Dan O’Brien What do we eat around death? What has food meant at funerals in the past? And why does something as small and seemingly ordinary as a biscuit carry so much emotional, social, and symbolic weight? In this episode of A Curious Appetite, […]
Mallika Basu: Food, Memory & Meaning
For this episode of A Curious Appetite, I had the pleasure of speaking with Mallika Basu, food writer, broadcaster, and author of In Good Taste: What Shapes What We Eat and Drink and Why It Matters. It was one of those conversations that opens out very quickly from the plate into much wider questions of […]
A Curious Appetite presents Stephen Volk
Welcome to A Curious Appetite with me, Dr Alessandra Pino. In this episode I am delighted to welcome screenwriter and author Stephen Volk, whose work has shaped some of the most memorable supernatural storytelling of the last few decades. Volk’s screenplays include Ken Russell’s Gothic and William Friedkin’s The Guardian, while his television work includes […]
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
Welcome to A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino, a podcast exploring food, culture, memory, and identity, and the stories we tell through what we eat. Each episode brings together writers, chefs, historians and artists to examine how appetite shapes who we are. I started this podcast because my own interests sit across many different […]