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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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    Juliet Harbutt: A Life Through Food

    Mon 14 Dec 2015

    Cheese educator and campaigner Juliet Harbutt shares her life in food with Sheila Dillon.

  • Food Museums

    Mon 7 Dec 2015

    With two new food museums in London and New York, Sheila Dillon asks how to exhibit food.

  • Cookbooks of 2015

    Mon 30 Nov 2015

    Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery books and food writing.

  • Chinatowns

    Mon 23 Nov 2015

    The changing story of the world's Chinatowns. Dan Saladino looks at the biggest and best.

  • Scotch Egg! Scotch Egg!

    Mon 16 Nov 2015

    How did the scotch egg rise from humble bar snack to a chef's favourite? Joe Warwick knows

  • Trish Deseine Goes 蜜芽传媒

    Mon 9 Nov 2015

    The Northern Irish farmer's daughter who changed food writing in France for good.

  • A Fat Lot of Good

    Mon 2 Nov 2015

    With a growing array of oils on sale, Sheila Dillon cuts through the latest thinking.

  • The Pear

    Mon 26 Oct 2015

    Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear.

  • A Milk Appreciation

    Mon 19 Oct 2015

    Do we take cows' milk for granted? Sheila Dillon asks if we need a reintroduction to it.

  • How Did the Chicken Cross the World?

    Mon 12 Oct 2015

    Dan Saladino tells the story of a bird at the centre of human civilisation, the chicken.

  • Bitterness

    Mon 5 Oct 2015

    Dan Saladino on whether bitterness is disappearing from our food, and why it matters.

  • Food Stories from Syria 1

    Mon 28 Sep 2015

    From losing daily bread to an ancient food culture - what conflict has meant for Syrians.

  • The Ark of Taste: The Story so Far

    Sun 20 Sep 2015

    Dan Saladino revisits highlights from our regular mini-series of endangered world foods.

  • Jam Tomorrow... Today

    Mon 14 Sep 2015

    Diana Henry hosts a jam-making 'canning party'.

  • Libera Terra: Sicily's Anti-Mafia Farms

    Mon 7 Sep 2015

    Dan Saladino learns how farms confiscated from Sicily's mafia are providing food and wine.

  • My Food Hero: Dan Saladino meets Mary Taylor-Simeti

    Mon 31 Aug 2015

    Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino.

  • My Food Hero: Ella McSweeney Meets Wendell Berry

    Mon 24 Aug 2015

    Ella McSweeney meets Wendell Berry - the farmer, author and campaigner who inspired her.

  • My Food Hero: Sheila Dillon meets writer and campaigner Susan George

    Mon 17 Aug 2015

    Sheila Dillon speaks to her food hero, campaigner and writer Susan George.

  • My Food Hero: Tim Hayward meets Len Deighton

    Mon 10 Aug 2015

    Best-selling author Len Deighton talks with Tim Hayward about his incredible food story.

  • Going Pop

    Mon 3 Aug 2015

    Dan Saladino explores how our changing taste in soft drinks is shaking up the big brands.

  • Bread for Scotland

    Mon 27 Jul 2015

    Sheila Dillon visits the community bakery teaching Edinburgh to bake.

  • Fast Food Workers

    Mon 20 Jul 2015

    Sheila Dillon finds out how a fast food worker strike in the US is influencing the UK.

  • New Wine Generation

    Mon 13 Jul 2015

    Sheila Dillon uncovers the new ways of drinking, selling and writing about wine.

  • Feeding the Commons - Part II: Lunch to Lights Out

    Mon 6 Jul 2015

    Lunch to lights out in the mother of Parliaments, an insider's view of Westminster's food.

  • Feeding the Commons - Part I: Breakfast to Brunch

    Mon 29 Jun 2015

    The incredible history of dining in Parliament. An insider's view of Westminster's food.

  • Fantastic Fiction and Fabulous Feasts

    Mon 22 Jun 2015

    Sheila Dillon devours the delightful children's books that made us excited about food.

  • Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 2

    Mon 15 Jun 2015

    Simon Hopkinson explains why he left the success of Bibendum's kitchen to write about food

  • Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 1

    Sun 14 Jun 2015

    Cook and food writer Simon Hopkinson shares his culinary life story with Sheila Dillon.

  • Barbecue

    Mon 8 Jun 2015

    Dan Saladino explores one of the food world's most misunderstood words - barbecue.

  • Rick Stein - A Life Through Food (Part 2)

    Mon 1 Jun 2015

    Sheila Dillon continues to talk to chef Rick Stein about his TV career and travels.

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