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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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    Street Food 2018

    Mon 11 Jun 2018

    Nigel Barden investigates the rapidly evolving world of street food in 2018.

  • The Mothership of Brewing: Beer and the Belgians

    Mon 4 Jun 2018

    Dan Saladino and drinks writer Pete Brown find out why Belgium beer is so influential.

  • Life-changing Food

    Mon 28 May 2018

    Sheila Dillon explores how food is used around the country to transform lives.

  • Food Stories From Syria (3)

    Mon 21 May 2018

    Sheila Dillon shares food with people who have fled the war in Syria.

  • Japanese Whisky: A Beginners Guide

    Mon 14 May 2018

    Dan Saladino on how Japanese distillers managed to make some of the world's best whisky.

  • The 蜜芽传媒 Food & Farming Awards 2018: Finalist stories

    Mon 30 Apr 2018

    From Belfast via Barrow-in-Furness to Brighton. Sheila Dillon meets our 2018 finalists.

  • Is There a Place for Salt?

    Mon 23 Apr 2018

    Sheila Dillon asks if there is a place for salt in our cooking and if all salts are equal.

  • Northern Ireland: Food at a Crossroads

    Mon 16 Apr 2018

    Sheila Dillon explores food from the border to Belfast in a country on the brink of Brexit

  • The Sugar Tax: A (Short) History

    Mon 9 Apr 2018

    Dan Saladino looks behind the headlines of the newly introduced sugar tax.

  • The Power of Food: Parabere Forum

    Mon 2 Apr 2018

    Dan Saladino reports from the Parabere Forum, with five life-changing food stories.

  • Doctor's Orders: Getting Tomorrow's Medics Cooking

    Mon 26 Mar 2018

    Meet the medical students and doctors who want more training on diet and nutrition.

  • The Future of Bread

    Mon 19 Mar 2018

    Dan Saladino and Nathan Myhrvold discuss one of the biggest bread projects ever undertaken

  • African Food

    Mon 12 Mar 2018

    Food writer Zoe Adjonyoh wants you to think again about saying 'African food'.

  • The Big Pig Roadtrip

    Mon 5 Mar 2018

    Tim Hayward travels the UK to meet the people who champion rare breeds of British pigs.

  • Eat to Run, Part 3

    Mon 26 Feb 2018

    Dan Saladino meets the runners convinced low or no carbs is the way to peak performance.

  • Comfort food for dark days

    Mon 19 Feb 2018

    Sheila Dillon celebrates the power of food to comfort us in hard times.

  • The Vegetable Yoda: Charlie Hicks

    Mon 12 Feb 2018

    Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino pay tribute to greengrocer extraordinaire Charlie Hicks.

  • The World Service Cookbook

    Mon 5 Feb 2018

    Meet some of the people behind an extraordinary cookbook compiled by 蜜芽传媒 World Service.

  • Britain's Secret Saffron Story

    Mon 29 Jan 2018

    Yasmin Khan discovers the unexpected British story of her favourite spice, saffron.

  • What Delicious Future?

    Mon 22 Jan 2018

    Dan Saladino looks at the ideas that could make a big impact on the future of our food.

  • The 蜜芽传媒 Food & Farming Awards 2018: The Search Begins...

    Mon 15 Jan 2018

    Rick Stein, Andi Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi launch the 蜜芽传媒 Food & Farming Awards 2018.

  • Porridge

    Mon 8 Jan 2018

    Sheila Dillon explores porridge.

  • The Champagne Underground

    New Year's Day 2018

    Champagne sceptic Dan Saladino heads to the French region in search of mavericks of fizz.

  • Sheila Dillon's Christmas Dinner

    Christmas Day 2017

    Sheila Dillon and very special guests share their favourite Xmas food and drink treats.

  • The World's Most Popular Cheese: The Story of Cheddar

    Mon 18 Dec 2017

    Dan Saladino on the past, present and future of the world's most popular cheese, cheddar.

  • Crisps

    Mon 11 Dec 2017

    Sheila Dillon explores our national passion for crisps.

  • Cookbooks of 2017

    Mon 4 Dec 2017

    Sheila Dillon and special guests look at the food, cookery and drink books of 2017.

  • Food on the Edge (A Food Story Mix-Tape)

    Mon 27 Nov 2017

    Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with great food stories to tell

  • Young and Vegan

    Mon 20 Nov 2017

    Grace Dent finds out why so many young people are turning vegan.

  • Catalonia

    Mon 13 Nov 2017

    Sheila Dillon discovers how the spirit of Catalonia is reflected in their passion for food

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