ABOUT
Exploring Filipino Kitchens is a podcast about the cultures, traditions, and history surrounding the foods of the Philippines.
Through stories and interviews, discover how people across the world answer: “What’s your favourite memory or experience of eating Filipino food?”
Along the way, meet interesting, amazing folks who are pushing boundaries and conversations around our cuisines, in the diaspora and homeland.
The podcast is produced and hosted by Nastasha Alli, a food and travel writer based in Toronto, Canada who spent much of her life in the Philippines. The show reached 10,000 downloads in 2021 and has twice been featured on Apple Podcasts’ AAPI Heritage Month collections.
In 2022, Nastasha travelled across the country on a year-long balikbayan journey to discover what people were cooking in their kitchens - at home, in restaurants and eateries, and anywhere food was made to share with others. Her work in tourism and hospitality spans nearly two decades, with a later focus on culinary tourism research and product development for food and travel brands. Nastasha has presented at the Kain Conference, the Philippines' first gastronomy symposium, and her writing has appeared online & and in print, including The New Filipino Kitchen Cookbook. For a story she wrote on traditional breakfasts in the Philippines, she received a Food Sustainability Media Award from the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Exploring Filipino Kitchens aims to connect Filipino/a/x people across the diaspora with their roots in the Philippines through stories about food. Introducing non-Filipino audiences to our food and drink culture, and inspiring travel across the Philippines to enjoy its regional cuisines, is a huge plus!