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Quiero un Panino con Cheese - a Podcast for TCKs and Multicultural Families
Ever tried answering the question “Where are you from?” and gave a 10-minute monologue? Ever caught yourself switching between three languages in the middle of a sentence? Ever wondered what home really means when you’ve had more than one?
If so, welcome to Quiero un Panino con Cheese, the podcast for parents, kids, and families living the beautiful chaos of multicultural life.
Season 2 will be hosted by Gaia Striano, a TCK mom who has raised 3 TCKs across borders, cultures, and languages.
This show explores the joys and challenges of Third Culture Kids—kids who grow up between cultures, languages, and identities.
Quiero un Panino con Cheese - a Podcast for TCKs and Multicultural Families
Finding Home One Bite at a Time with Gloria Senescall
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Can a single meal transport you back to childhood? Can trying a new dish change the way you see another culture?
In this episode of Quiero un Panino con Cheese, we're exploring the extraordinary role that food plays in shaping identity, preserving culture, and creating connections across borders.
For Third Culture Kids (TCKs), expats, immigrants, and multicultural families, food is often much more than nourishment. It carries memories, traditions, family stories, and a sense of belonging. At the same time, being willing to embrace unfamiliar foods can open the door to understanding new cultures and building meaningful relationships.
Joining me is Gloria Senescall, who shares her family's multicultural story and reflects on how food has become both an anchor to home and a bridge to the many places they've lived. Together, we discuss how every shared meal offers an opportunity to connect, learn, and celebrate the diversity that makes our lives richer.
Whether you're raising children across cultures, living abroad, or simply passionate about exploring the world through food, this conversation is a reminder that sometimes our greatest cultural lessons happen around the dinner table.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why food is deeply connected to identity and belonging
- How family recipes preserve memories across generations
- The role food plays in multicultural families and global lives
- Why trying unfamiliar foods helps us better understand other cultures
- How shared meals create meaningful cultural connections
- Finding "home" through the flavors we carry with us
I'd love to hear from you!
🍝 What food instantly makes you feel at home?
🌍 What's the most unusual dish you've ever tried that completely changed your perspective?
Join the conversation on Instagram at Quiero un Panino con Cheese and share your story!
If you want to know more about Gloria, you can find her on LinkedIn
Sometimes all it takes is one bite to feel at home… or to discover a whole new one.
If this conversation about Third Culture Kids, global parenting, identity, belonging, and raising multicultural children resonated with you, I'd love your support.
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Together, we can help more globally mobile families feel understood, connected, and at home—wherever they are in the world.
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