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The Food Programme Episodes

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    The Best in Food and Farming

    Sheila Dillon launches the search for the winners of the 2012 BBC Food and Farming Awards.

  2. Tasting tomatoes

    Sheila Dillon explores the world of the modern British tomato. Has flavour made a return?

  3. Wine Trends

    Simon Parkes reports on the latest trends in the wine industry.

  4. Breakfast

    Tim Hayward offers reflections on the past, present and future of the British breakfast.

  5. The Life of Pie

    Tim Hayward on how the public and chefs fell back in love with the humble British pie.

  6. A Soya Bean Future?

    What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?

  7. Seaweed, a Forgotten Food?

    Nutritious, tasty but overlooked, Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed is the food of the future?

  8. A Scramble for Eggs?

    Sheila Dillon looks at changes to egg supplies following the EU's ban on battery cages.

  9. The New Beer Frontier

    Dan Saladino finds out why America's brewing scene is a growing influence on British beer.

  10. The Fermentation Revival

    Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation.

  11. The Therapy of Food

    Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.

  12. Biscuits: A Serious Business

    Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit.

  13. In Praise of Stock

    Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.

  14. Free From Foods

    Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.

  15. Japan, Fukushima and food

    Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.

  16. The Food We Eat

    Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.

  17. Britain's Food Safety Net

    Who makes sure our food is safe and how? A report on Britain's food safety net.

  18. Food Clubs

    Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food.

  19. Comfort Food

    In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort.

  20. Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine

    Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?

  21. The Trouble with Chocolate

    Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.

  22. Generation Food

    A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.

  23. London 2012, Coke and McDonalds

    Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012.

  24. Food Stories: What Happened Next?

    Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.

  25. New Year's Food Quiz

    Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.

  26. The Food Quiz

    Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival

  27. Gin and Botanicals

    Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.

  28. The Price of Food

    Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat.

  29. Britain's best food markets

    Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards

  30. Britain's best food producers

    Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011

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