The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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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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The Trouble with Chocolate
Sun 29 Jan 2012
Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.
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Generation Food
Sun 22 Jan 2012
A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.
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London 2012, Coke and McDonalds
Sun 15 Jan 2012
Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012.
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Food Stories: What Happened Next?
Sun 8 Jan 2012
Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.
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New Year's Food Quiz
New Year's Day 2012
Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.
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The Food Quiz
Christmas Day 2011
Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival
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Gin and Botanicals
Sun 18 Dec 2011
Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.
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The Price of Food
Sun 11 Dec 2011
Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat.
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Britain's best food markets
Sun 4 Dec 2011
Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards
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Britain's best food producers
Sun 27 Nov 2011
Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011
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A Special (Food) Relationship
Sun 20 Nov 2011
Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.
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Future Food
Sun 13 Nov 2011
Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.
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Into the Wild
Sun 6 Nov 2011
Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.
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Can comfort foods really make you feel better?
Yes they can, says Sheila Dillon.
