The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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A Guide to Spice, part 2: Vanilla
Sun 26 Aug 2012
Sheila Dillon looks at the modern vanilla trade and meets a young British vanilla grower.
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A Guide to Spice, part 1: Cloves
Sun 19 Aug 2012
Sheila Dillon embarks on a journey through the world of spices, starting with the clove.
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The Science of Taste
Sun 12 Aug 2012
Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates.
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Camping Food
Sun 5 Aug 2012
How camping food can be much more than tinned food and bangers. Tim Hayward finds out.
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Favourite Foods
Sun 29 Jul 2012
Simon Parkes reports on the latest stories coming in for the Food and Farming Awards.
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Can Andrew Lansley change your diet?
Sun 22 Jul 2012
Can health secretary Andrew Lansley change Britain's bad eating habits?
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The Extraordinary Food Story of Martha Payne
Sun 15 Jul 2012
Nine-year-old blogger Martha Payne explains how she triggered a debate on school food.
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Can Food Save the High Street?
Sun 8 Jul 2012
Sheila Dillon and Henrietta Green ask if food is the key to reviving UK high streets.
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The Future of the Cookbook
Sun 1 Jul 2012
Sheila Dillon investigates the future of the printed cookery book.
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The Olympic Menu
Sun 24 Jun 2012
Sheila Dillon meets Jan Matthews head of the UK's biggest catering job, London 2012.
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The Best in Food and Farming
Mon 18 Jun 2012
Sheila Dillon launches the search for the winners of the 2012 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
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Tasting tomatoes
Sun 10 Jun 2012
Sheila Dillon explores the world of the modern British tomato. Has flavour made a return?
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Breakfast
Sun 27 May 2012
Tim Hayward offers reflections on the past, present and future of the British breakfast.
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The Life of Pie
Sun 20 May 2012
Tim Hayward on how the public and chefs fell back in love with the humble British pie.
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A Soya Bean Future?
Sun 13 May 2012
What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?
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Seaweed, a Forgotten Food?
Sun 6 May 2012
Nutritious, tasty but overlooked, Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed is the food of the future?
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A Scramble for Eggs?
Sun 29 Apr 2012
Sheila Dillon looks at changes to egg supplies following the EU's ban on battery cages.
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The New Beer Frontier
Sun 22 Apr 2012
Dan Saladino finds out why America's brewing scene is a growing influence on British beer.
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The Fermentation Revival
Sun 15 Apr 2012
Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation.
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The Therapy of Food
Sun 8 Apr 2012
Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.
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Biscuits: A Serious Business
Sun 1 Apr 2012
Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit.
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In Praise of Stock
Sun 25 Mar 2012
Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.
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Free From Foods
Sun 18 Mar 2012
Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.
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Japan, Fukushima and food
Sun 11 Mar 2012
Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.
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The Food We Eat
Sun 4 Mar 2012
Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.
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Britain's Food Safety Net
Sun 26 Feb 2012
Who makes sure our food is safe and how? A report on Britain's food safety net.
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Food Clubs
Sun 19 Feb 2012
Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food.
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Comfort Food
Sun 12 Feb 2012
In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort.
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Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine
Sun 5 Feb 2012
Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?
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Can comfort foods really make you feel better?
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