The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Radio 4,1025 episodes

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The Fermentation Revival
Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation.
15 Apr 2012,28 mins
The Therapy of Food
Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.
08 Apr 2012,28 mins
Biscuits: A Serious Business
Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit.
01 Apr 2012,28 mins
In Praise of Stock
Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.
25 Mar 2012,28 mins
Free From Foods
Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.
18 Mar 2012,28 mins
Japan, Fukushima and food
Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.
11 Mar 2012,28 mins
The Food We Eat
Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.
04 Mar 2012,28 mins
Britain's Food Safety Net
Who makes sure our food is safe and how? A report on Britain's food safety net.
26 Feb 2012,28 mins
Food Clubs
Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food.
19 Feb 2012,28 mins
Comfort Food
In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort.
12 Feb 2012,28 mins
Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine
Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?
05 Feb 2012,28 mins
The Trouble with Chocolate
Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.
29 Jan 2012,28 mins
Generation Food
A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.
22 Jan 2012,28 mins
London 2012, Coke and McDonalds
Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012.
15 Jan 2012,28 mins
Food Stories: What Happened Next?
Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.
08 Jan 2012,25 mins
New Year's Food Quiz
Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.
01 Jan 2012,25 mins
The Food Quiz
Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival
25 Dec 2011,30 mins
Gin and Botanicals
Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.
18 Dec 2011,25 mins
The Price of Food
Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat.
11 Dec 2011,25 mins
Britain's best food markets
Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards
04 Dec 2011,25 mins
Britain's best food producers
Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011
27 Nov 2011,25 mins
A Special (Food) Relationship
Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.
20 Nov 2011,25 mins
Future Food
Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.
13 Nov 2011,25 mins
Into the Wild
Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.
06 Nov 2011,25 mins
Palm Oil
A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil?
30 Oct 2011,25 mins
The Calorie
Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet.
23 Oct 2011,25 mins
Pickling and Preserving
Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food.
16 Oct 2011,25 mins
Los Angeles Street Food
Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin
09 Oct 2011,25 mins
Beer - Trouble Brewing?
As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled.
02 Oct 2011,25 mins
Food ads and children
Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children.
25 Sep 2011,25 mins