Effortless Beauty at the Table: Frankie Unsworth on Creating Holiday Style

About this episode

Frankie Unsworth shares her insights on food styling and hosting for the holiday season.

Welcome back to Classic & Curious —and to our Holiday Series. With Thanksgiving behind us, the season gently shifts toward intimate gatherings: dinners with friends, festive celebrations, and perhaps a New Year’s soirée on the horizon. The timing feels just right for our next guest, Frankie Unsworth, a food stylist, writer, and author of The New Art of Cooking and Last Minute Dinner Party. Frankie's journey began as a writer for a food and travel magazine in Italy. Her passion for culture and cuisine eventually took her to Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, where she trained and lived for several years. It was in Paris that she met Rachel Khoo, British author and host of The Little Paris Kitchen whom she would go on to become her home economist. Since then, Frankie has styled food for numerous best-selling books, always bringing a signature blend of elegance, simplicity, and clarity to the table. In this episode, she invites us into that very approach — offering thoughtful tips on how simple styling can elevate the way we present food at home. We also chat about her go-to nibbles for the holidays and the selections she turns to when guests stop by. Frankie’s styling mirrors her grace…

People in this episode

Host: Anne Kokoskie

Guest: Frankie Unsworth

Topics covered

• food styling
• holiday gatherings
• elegance in hosting
• cuisine
• simple presentation

Keywords

• food styling
• holiday style
• elegance
• hosting tips
• cuisine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Le Cordon Bleu

Books & works: The New Art of Cooking, Last Minute Dinner Party

Places: Paris, Italy

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