The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Radio 4,1025 episodes

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Bereavement and Food
Sheila Dillon explores how bereavement can change our relationship with food.
09 Jun 2013,28 mins
Michael Pollan: Why Cooking Matters
Sheila Dillon speaks to Michael Pollan on the craft, science and pleasures of cooking.
02 Jun 2013,28 mins
Sugar: Pure, White and Deadly?
Sheila Dillon finds out why the debate about the role of sugar in our lives is hotting up.
26 May 2013,28 mins
Food, Cancer and Well-Being
Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer.
19 May 2013,28 mins
A Life Through Wine: Jancis Robinson
Sheila Dillon speaks to world-renowned wine writer and critic Jancis Robinson.
12 May 2013,28 mins
Digital Dishes - life stories through recipes
Inside one kitchen, 13 strangers from all over Europe share food and stories.
05 May 2013,28 mins
Black Pudding v Boudin Noir
Charles Campion reveals the secrets of great black pudding at the 'world championships'.
28 Apr 2013,28 mins
Food on the Road
Sheila Dillon goes trucking and finds out what it's like to work, live and eat on the road
21 Apr 2013,28 mins
Chilli Britannia
Tim Hayward bites into Britain's growing chilli scene, from growers to expert eaters.
14 Apr 2013,28 mins
Madhur Jaffrey, a life through food
Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, returns to India and tells her food life story.
07 Apr 2013,28 mins
Fasting, old and new
Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting from a religious and medical perspective.
31 Mar 2013,28 mins
Marmalade
Tim Hayward asks if Britain can still hold its own in the competitive marmalade stakes.
24 Mar 2013,28 mins
Our Changing Taste
How our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes and what happens when we lose it.
17 Mar 2013,28 mins
Forest foods, Africa's secret ingredients
Sheila Dillon explores Africa's forest foods, emergency larder and source of flavour.
10 Mar 2013,28 mins
US Southern Cooking and Chef Sean Brock
Richard Johnson is in Charleston, South Carolina to see how a chef is reviving lost food.
03 Mar 2013,28 mins
The Death of Three Square Meals?
Sheila Dillon asks if snacking is killing the tradition of three square meals a day.
24 Feb 2013,28 mins
Garlic, the wonder bulb
Sheila Dillon explores a bulb which arouses strong feelings - and aromas - garlic.
17 Feb 2013,28 mins
Horsemeat Scandal: A Food Programme Special
Sheila Dillon reports on the latest developments in the horsemeat scandal.
10 Feb 2013,28 mins
Food on a Pension
Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people surviving on the basic state pension.
03 Feb 2013,28 mins
Food in the life of Sir Paul McCartney
Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney.
27 Jan 2013,28 mins
Horsemeat and the Irish burger scandal
Sheila Dillon investigates the horsemeat burger scandal affecting food in Ireland and UK.
20 Jan 2013,28 mins
Traffic light labels
Sheila Dillon asks if warning signs on food labels can change the way we eat.
13 Jan 2013,28 mins
From Our Own Food Correspondent
Sheila Dillon presents a special New Year show, with food stories from aroiund the world.
06 Jan 2013,28 mins
The cocktail, old and new
Dan Saladino explores the cocktail, from 18th century punch to new flavours in the USA.
30 Dec 2012,28 mins
Christmas Necessary Pleasures
Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their necessary Christmas pleasures.
23 Dec 2012,28 mins
Cheap Veg
Sheila Dillon discovers surprising stories behind humble British vegetables.
16 Dec 2012,28 mins
09/12/2012
Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths.
09 Dec 2012,28 mins
A Winning Meal - The BBC Food Awards menu
Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind the BBC Food and Farming Awards menu.
02 Dec 2012,28 mins
2012's Best "Big Food Ideas"
Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the Food and Farming Awards offering ideas for the future
25 Nov 2012,28 mins
Rethinking the hot dog
Tom Parker Bowles discovers the joys of the gourmet hot dog.
18 Nov 2012,28 mins