ABOUT
Exploring Filipino Kitchens is a podcast on Filipino Food Cultures, Traditions and History by Nastasha Alli. Through stories and interviews, discover how people across the diaspora answer the question: “What’s your favourite memory or experience of eating Filipino food?”
The podcast reached 10,000 downloads in 2021 and has twice been featured on Apple Podcasts’ AAPI Heritage Month collections. In 2022, Nastasha travelled across the Philippines on a year-long 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.
Nastasha is a food and travel writer based in Toronto, Canada. Her work in travel, tourism and hospitality spans nearly two decades, with a later focus on culinary tourism research and product development for food and travel brands. In 2023 she presented at the Kain Conference, the Philippines' first gastronomy symposium in Manila. Her writing has appeared in various online & print platforms, 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 folks across the diaspora with their roots in the Philippines through 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!