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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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    Thailand: A Royal Food Legacy

    Mon 27 Feb 2017

    How a 50-year-old food and farming project has helped rid Thailand of illegal opium.

  • Let's Do Lunch

    Mon 20 Feb 2017

    In the time taken for your average midday meal, Sheila Dillon unpacks the future of lunch.

  • Citrus

    Mon 13 Feb 2017

    Sheila Dillon steps into a vivid, flavour-filled and surprising world of citrus.

  • Gumbo

    Mon 6 Feb 2017

    Dan Saladino finds out how one dish, gumbo, can reveal centuries of American history.

  • Leah Chase: The cook who changed America

    Mon 30 Jan 2017

    Legendary New Orleans cook Leah Chase tells her story of seven decades in the kitchen.

  • Lancashire: My Food Roots

    Sun 22 Jan 2017

    Sheila Dillon returns to her food roots, taking a road trip through Lancashire.

  • Introducing... The 蜜芽传媒 Food and Farming Awards 2017

    Mon 16 Jan 2017

    Giorgio Locatelli launches 2017's 'Oscars' of food and in 2017, the search goes global.

  • Belfast: Creating a New Food Tradition

    Mon 9 Jan 2017

    Sheila Dillon explores the thriving new food culture of Northern Ireland.

  • Loch Fyne: Celebrating Food Tradition

    Mon 2 Jan 2017

    Sheila Dillon explores how food binds together the rural Scottish community of Loch Fyne.

  • Wild Boar

    Christmas Day 2016

    Sheila Dillon explores the Wild Boar Feast, an ancient Christmas tradition.

  • A Passion for Cake

    Mon 19 Dec 2016

    Sheila Dillon takes an irreverent look at baking and the history of cake.

  • The Future of Cheese

    Mon 12 Dec 2016

    Dan Saladino finds out what the future holds for cheese, including the role of raw milk.

  • Sisters' Feast

    Mon 5 Dec 2016

    A female takeover. Sheila Dillon speaks to ten women chefs coming together to fight hunger

  • Cookbooks of 2016

    Mon 28 Nov 2016

    Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on the year's food books, including works by new writers.

  • Our Wild Spice Rack

    Mon 21 Nov 2016

    Sheila Dillon heads to Galloway on a wild spice challenge set by forager Mark Williams.

  • Cooking clubs in Basqueland

    Mon 14 Nov 2016

    Spain's Basque region exerts a powerful influence on global cuisine Dan Saladino asks why.

  • Gavin and the Chinese Food Olympics

    Mon 7 Nov 2016

    How will British chef Gavin Chun and his team fare at the Olympics of Chinese Food?

  • Pumpkins and Winter Squash

    Mon 31 Oct 2016

    Sheila Dillon and special guests discover a delicious world of pumpkins and winter squash.

  • Terra Madre Part 2: A Global Food Gathering

    Mon 24 Oct 2016

    From ancient Egyptian bread to Native American food, Dan Saladino reports from Terra Madre

  • Terra Madre Part 1: A Global Food Gathering

    Mon 17 Oct 2016

    A former child soldier from Sierra Leone tells Dan Saladino how food provided redemption.

  • The Apple: How British a Fruit?

    Mon 10 Oct 2016

    Sheila Dillon in conversation with Pete Brown on magic, mystery and Britishness of apples.

  • Diet and Dementia

    Mon 3 Oct 2016

    Dementia turns lives upside down, but where does food fit? Sheila Dillon investigates.

  • Food Stories from Syria 2

    Mon 26 Sep 2016

    Dan Saladino updates how Syrians are managing to eat amidst ongoing conflict.

  • An Antarctic Chef

    Sun 18 Sep 2016

    The story of Charles Green, Shackleton's chef who kept the men of the Endurance alive.

  • Cooking for Poldark

    Mon 12 Sep 2016

    Food stylist Genevieve Taylor reveals how she created elaborate feasts for Poldark.

  • Coffee and the God Shot. The Drinks Menu

    Mon 5 Sep 2016

    Dan Saladino, longtime espresso-drinker, journeys into coffee's past, present and future.

  • Whisky Britannia: The Drinks Menu

    Mon 29 Aug 2016

    Why whisky is moving from its traditional roots and has a few surprises in store.

  • Time for an Aperitif? The Drinks Menu

    Mon 22 Aug 2016

    Aperitif - A curiosity of our Mediterranean holidays? Or are they having a British moment?

  • Roger Protz: A Life Through Beer

    Mon 15 Aug 2016

    Beer writer Roger Protz - from reviving real ale to the rise of the microbrewers.

  • The Surprising Strawberry

    Mon 8 Aug 2016

    Why the global future of strawberry production is hanging by a tendril.

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