Episode 8 - Italian Food & Solo Travel: Paola’s Story

S1E8 - Episode 8 - Italian Food & Solo Travel: Paola’s Story

Published: September 8, 2026

Duration: 32:54

What if the food we grow up with doesn't just tell us where we've come from—but inspires us to discover where we're going?

For Paola Bacchia, food is memory.

Growing up in an Italian migrant family in Melbourne, the kitchen was the heart of her childhood. Family meals were where everyone gathered, talked, laughed and connected. That love of food eventually became a career spanning Italian cooking, food photography, storytelling, culinary travel and cookbook writing.

In this episode of Nourished – Stories From The Table, Paola takes us from her family kitchen to the...