The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Radio 4,1025 episodes

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Crisps
Sheila Dillon explores our national passion for crisps.
11 Dec 2017,30 mins
Cookbooks of 2017
Sheila Dillon and special guests look at the food, cookery and drink books of 2017.
04 Dec 2017,30 mins
Food on the Edge (A Food Story Mix-Tape)
Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with great food stories to tell
27 Nov 2017,30 mins
Young and Vegan
Grace Dent finds out why so many young people are turning vegan.
20 Nov 2017,30 mins
Catalonia
Sheila Dillon discovers how the spirit of Catalonia is reflected in their passion for food
13 Nov 2017,30 mins
The Art of Fermentation - A Masterclass
Dan Saladino has a practical fermentation masterclass with writer and teacher Sandor Katz.
06 Nov 2017,30 mins
More Problems with Poultry?
Following years of reporting on UK chicken scandals, Dan Saladino looks at the latest.
30 Oct 2017,30 mins
How We Eat: 4. Eating as a Family
Sheila Dillon explores the reality and the myth of eating as a family.
23 Oct 2017,30 mins
How We Eat: 3. Eating By The Rules
Sheila Dillon talks to people who eat according to very strict rules.
16 Oct 2017,30 mins
How We Eat: 2. Eating with Strangers
Sheila Dillon finds out what happens when you eat with strangers.
09 Oct 2017,30 mins
How We Eat: 1. Eating Alone
Sheila Dillon explores the guilty pleasures of eating alone.
02 Oct 2017,30 mins
The BBC Food & Farming Awards 2017
Sheila Dillon presents the highlights of this year's awards with Giorgio Locatelli
26 Sep 2017,52 mins
Future Food
Dan Saladino meets the Future Food finalists in the 2017 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
17 Sep 2017,28 mins
Zero Compromise: A (Georgian) Natural Wine Story.
Dan Saladino travels into the Caucasus in search of zero-compromise natural wine makers.
11 Sep 2017,30 mins
Feast Like a Georgian: A Food Guide to the Caucasus.
Dan Saladino travels to a country now considered to be an undiscovered food gem, Georgia.
04 Sep 2017,30 mins
Salt Fish
Sheila Dillon asks why dried and salted cod is still loved by cooks around the world.
28 Aug 2017,30 mins
Chef Stress
Dan Saladino investigates pressures on chefs and the darker side of the restaurant kitchen
21 Aug 2017,30 mins
Dishing The Dirt on Clean Eating
Grace Dent discovers what has made Anthony Warner into the Angry Chef.
14 Aug 2017,30 mins
Patience Gray: A Life Through Food
Jojo Tulloh, Adam Federman and Louise Gray introduce the food writing of Patience Gray.
07 Aug 2017,30 mins
Summer camping special
Sheila Dillon, Cerys Matthews and friends go camping to celebrate food in the outdoors.
31 Jul 2017,30 mins
Greece: Return to the land?
Sheila Dillon is on a trip through crisis hit Greece to meet people making a life in food.
24 Jul 2017,30 mins
Sandor Katz and the Art of Fermentation
Dan Saladino heads to Tennessee to meet the fermentation teacher and writer Sandor Katz.
17 Jul 2017,30 mins
Hunting With The Hadza 2: The Microbiome.
Dan Saladino asks if hunter gatherers the Hadza tribe hold the key to our future health.
10 Jul 2017,30 mins
Hunting with the Hadza
Dan Saladino eats with one of the last remaining hunter gatherer tribes, Tanzania's Hadza.
03 Jul 2017,30 mins
Diet and Dementia: An Update
An update on cook Paula Wolfert and entrepreneur James Ashwell's food and dementia stories
26 Jun 2017,30 mins
Alastair Little: A Life through Food
Sheila Dillon meets pioneering chef and food writer Alastair Little.
19 Jun 2017,30 mins
Women & Beer
Beer sommelier Jane Peyton wants to persuade Sheila Dillon to drink beer made by women.
12 Jun 2017,30 mins
Cult Fiction and Food
Confederacy of Dunces to Absolute Beginners, Dan Saladino looks at food in cult fiction.
05 Jun 2017,30 mins
Turmeric
Sheila Dillon investigates the culinary use and the latest medical findings on turmeric.
29 May 2017,30 mins
Mac 'n' Cheese
Sheila Dillon on the humble mac'n'cheese, a dish that crosses culture and classes.
22 May 2017,30 mins