Exploring Filipino Kitchens

Thought-provoking talks on Philippine food history, traditions and culture from the diaspora looking in.

Exploring Filipino Kitchens is a arts podcast hosted by Nastasha Alli, with 43 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Nastasha Alli hosts Exploring Filipino Kitchens, a arts show with 43 episodes published.

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  Episode #41

  EP 41: The Foresters: A Story of Climate Keepers with Rafael Dionisio and Jeff Geronimo

  May 16, 2026—S0

  <p >On this episode, we visit the Yangil valley in central Luzon’s Zambales province, where a documentary called “The Foresters: A Story of Climate Keepers” follows an indigenous Aeta community and the challenges they face through a rapidly changing climate. It's also about how organizations such as MAD Travel have begun and continue to expand on massive reforestation and agri-tourism projects together with the local community. To date, over 130,000 trees have been planted in the valley!</p>

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  Episode #41

  EP 41: The Foresters: A Story of Climate Keepers with Rafael Dionisio and Jeff Geronimo

  May 16, 2026—

  On this episode, we visit the Yangil valley in central Luzon’s Zambales province, where a documentary called “The Foresters: A Story of Climate Keepers” follows an indigenous Aeta community and the challenges they face through a rapidly changing climate. It's also about how organizations such as MAD Travel have begun and continue to expand on massive reforestation and agri-tourism projects together with the local community. To date, over 130,000 trees have been planted in the valley!

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  Episode #40

  EP 40: On Food And Storytelling Today with Bettina Makalintal

  Feb 8, 2026—S0

  <p >On this episode we chat with Bettina Makalintal, senior reporter with the national team at Eater, one of today’s best-known brands in the global food media space dedicated to all things food and dining. We chat about a range of topics on Filipino food and culture through a diasporic lens, so let’s get to it!</p>

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  Episode #40

  EP 40: On Food And Storytelling Today with Bettina Makalintal

  Feb 8, 2026—

  On this episode we chat with Bettina Makalintal, senior reporter with the national team at Eater, one of today’s best-known brands in the global food media space dedicated to all things food and dining. We chat about a range of topics on Filipino food and culture through a diasporic lens, so let’s get to it!

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  Episode #39

  EP 39: Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed With Abi Balingit

  Dec 13, 2025—S0

  <p >On this episode we chat with Abi Balingit, author of the cookbook Mayumu: Filipino American Desserts Remixed. It landed on the New York Times’ Best Cookbooks list in 2023, winning Abi an Emerging Voice award from the James Beard Foundation the next. I’m a huge fan!</p>

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