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Hosted by Dr Alessandra Pino · arts · EN-GB · 15 episodes
A podcast exploring gothic food, horror, and the culture of consumption.In A Curious Appetite, Dr Alessandra Pino examines food not simply as something we consume, but as something that consumes us — shaping memory, identity, longing, and fear. From Gothic feasts to migrant kitchens, from childhood nostalgia to culinary reinvention, each episode traces the stories that linger at the table. Through conversation, the podcast asks what happens when appetite becomes a language for belonging, transformation, power, and desire.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast exploring gothic food, horror, and the culture of consumption. In A Curious Appetite, Dr Alessandra Pino examines food not simply as something we consume, but as something that consumes us, shaping memory, identity, longing, and fear. From Gothic feasts to migrant kitchens, from childhood nostalgia to culinary reinvention, each episode traces the stories that linger at the table.
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino is hosted by Dr Alessandra Pino. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Replica: Food, Art and Illusion" (14 October 2026, 42 minutes), "Dr Tré Ventour-Griffiths: Saltfish and Sensibility" (30 September 2026, 61 minutes), and "Flossy Phillips: The Texture of Tripe" (16 September 2026, 58 minutes).
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 15 episodes.
Booking probability for A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino's contact route on record: verified email.
Dr Alessandra Pino hosts A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino, an arts show with 15 episodes published.
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A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
Replica: Food, Art and Illusion | With Loraine Senior and Christina Mellett-Smith What happens when food looks good enough to eat, but isn't edible at all? And can a replica preserve something that history would...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
What histories do we carry in the food we cook, the stories we inherit and the places we call home? In this episode of A Curious Appetite, I’m joined by Dr Tré Ventour-Griffiths for a conversation that begins with his...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
The Texture of Tripe is a bit of a punch to the gut, in the best possible way. In this episode of A Curious Appetite , I’m joined by Flossy (Flora Phillips) for a gloriously gutsy conversation about offal, butchery...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
In this episode of A Curious Appetite , I’m joined by Dr Dan O’Brien to talk about Robert Aickman’s The River Runs Uphill , cultural memory, Britain’s waterways and some of the ideas currently shaping our research for...
Episode #9
How do you photograph a city that never stands still? In this episode of A Curious Appetite , I am joined by photographer and author Niki Gorick , whose work has documented London's hidden ceremonies, docklands, working...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
In this episode of A Curious Appetite , I am joined by Gothic scholar, educator, and founder of Romancing the Gothic, Dr Sam Hirst , to explore the remarkable travel journal Summer Rambles in 1825 by the musician and...
Episode #7
What happens when history itself becomes a magic trick? In this episode of A Curious Appetite , I am joined by writer, director, and Artistic Director of Pither Productions, Nina Atesh, to discuss In League with the...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
What kind of job requires you to carry knives, toothpicks, pastry brushes, chopping boards, glycerine spray, and sometimes half a kitchen in the back of your car? Food styling. In this episode of A Curious Appetite with...
Episode #5
This episode was not sponsored by Greggs. But it begins with a sausage roll! I’m joined by Richard Crampton-Platt (you might know him as @thegreedydick). We talk about chicken rolls and why they disappoint. Raw chicken...
Episode #4
In this episode, I speak with chef and writer Emiliano Amore, who writes Britalian on Substack, about migration, identity, adaptation, and what he beautifully calls “the liminal larder” that space between cultures where...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
A is for Apple is back with a brand new season. I’m delighted to share that Season C has officially begun. Hosted by me Dr Alessandra Pino, alongside Sam Bilton and Dr Neil Buttery, the podcast returns with more curious...
Episode #3
What do we eat around death? What has food meant at funerals in the past? And why does something as small as a biscuit carry so much emotional and symbolic weight? In this episode of A Curious Appetite , I’m joined by...
Episode #2
For this episode of A Curious Appetite , I speak with food writer Mallika Basu about curry, food culture, migration, and the loaded question of authenticity. Mallika recently came to speak with my California university...
Episode #1
Today’s guest is the brilliant Stephen Volk, screenwriter behind Ghostwatch , Afterlife , Gothic , The Guardian , and one of my favourite supernatural films, The Awakening (2011). In this episode we talk about séances...
A Curious Appetite with Dr Alessandra Pino
Gothic food, horror, and the culture of consumption. Hosted by Dr Alessandra Pino, this podcast explores how food shapes literature, history, migration, and the Gothic imagination. Moving between archive and kitchen...
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