Emiliano Amore: On Love for the Liminal Larder

<p>In this episode, I speak with chef and writer Emiliano Amore, who writes <em>Britalian</em> on Substack, about migration, identity, adaptation, and what he beautifully calls “the liminal larder” that space between cultures where Branston pickle meets pecorino, cheddar finds its way into lasagna, and food becomes a language of belonging. Born in Rome and now based in England, his work emerges directly from this in-between space.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about Britalian identity, culinary stereotypes, emotional ingredients, recipes as memory, and the idea that adaptation is not compromise but a form of becoming. Throughout, we return to the idea that food carries emotional weight, that it holds memory, longing, and the quiet traces of where we have been and who we are becoming.</p><p><br></p><p>I can’t tell you how much I loved this conversation with Emiliano. It is a rich, thoughtful exploration of home, appetite, and the stories we tell through what we eat.</p><p>Read more on my Substack https://substack.com/@dralessandrapino</p><p><br></p><p>Artwork by @medusazzz <br>Audio by @thedeliciouslegacy <br>Music by @manu_pino_1111 </p><p><br></p><p><u><strong>Useful links/references</strong></u></p><p><a href="https://emilianochef.substack.com/">⁠Emiliano&#39;s substack⁠</a> an online cookbook and writing project exploring Italian and British food cultures</p><p><a href="https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/artsbrighton/2009/07/05/fashion-textiles-and-dress-history-a-personal-perspective-by-lou-taylor/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lou Taylor,</a> artist</p><p><br><a href="https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/russell-norman" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Russell Norman</a>, award-winning restaurateur associated with <em>Polpo</em> and <em>Brutto</em>, often linked to the idea of Britalian cooking styles</p><p><br><a href="https://mfkfisher.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">M. F. K. Fisher</a>, American food writer exploring food, desire, memory, and identity</p><p><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panikos_Panayi" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Panikos Panayi</a>, <em>Spicing Up Britain</em>, a study of migration and the transformation of British food culture</p><p><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Glasse" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Hannah Glasse</a>, <em>The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy</em> (1747), an influential British cookbook including early references to pasta such as vermicelli and macaroni</p><p><br><a href="https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Grand-Tour/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Grand Tour</a>, eighteenth-century travel tradition through which British elites encountered Italian culture, art, and food</p><p><br>The eighteenth-century “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_(fashion)" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">macaronis</a>”, British dandies returning from the Grand Tour associated with cosmopolitan taste and Italian influence</p><p><br><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001596/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Pier Paolo Pasolini</a>, Italian writer and filmmaker associated with representations of marginal, subcultural Italy</p><p><br><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536167/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Anna Magnani,</a> Italian actress emblematic of a raw, authentic Italian cultural identity</p><p><br><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/cesare-pavese" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Cesare Pavese</a>, Italian writer exploring themes of place, identity, and modernity</p><p><br><a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vivienne-Westwood" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Vivienne Westwood,</a> British designer representing alternative and subcultural British identity</p><p><br><a href="https://www.nigelslater.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nigel Slater,</a> Br