蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 - The Food Programme

The Food Programme Podcast

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

The Joy of Eggs

Mon 6 Apr 2015

Sheila Dillon asks if the humble egg is breaking free of a once-tarnished reputation.
Sweet Britain

Mon 30 Mar 2015

Sheila Dillon asks what is still driving British people's love affair with sweets.
Food Waste Pioneers

Mon 23 Mar 2015

Dan Saladino hears how three individuals are reimagining the potential of food waste.
蜜芽传媒 Food and Farming Awards 2015: The Finalists

Sun 15 Mar 2015

Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 蜜芽传媒 Food and Farming Awards.
Reconsider the Oyster!

Mon 9 Mar 2015

Oysters are receiving renewed attention around the world. Dan Saladino explains why.
The 'Clean Label' Question

Mon 2 Mar 2015

Sheila Dillon asks how food manufacturing has changed to create more 'natural' ingredients
The Clink - Revisited

Mon 23 Feb 2015

A restaurant run by prisoners becomes the most popular in Cardiff.
Soup and the British

Mon 16 Feb 2015

Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.
How Britain fell in love with the microwave

Mon 9 Feb 2015

The UK's guilty secret? Sheila Dillon charts the 60-year shift from pot to ping.
The Grain Divide

Mon 2 Feb 2015

Dan Saladino discovers a global movement rethinking our most widely-grown food crop, wheat
The Secret Formula

Mon 26 Jan 2015

Sheila Dillon lifts the lid on powdered baby milk.
The Future of Food Markets

Mon 19 Jan 2015

Sheila Dillon and guests discuss what a food market needs for success in 2015.
2015 Food and Farming Awards Launch

Mon 12 Jan 2015

Sheila Dillon and 2015's judging team open nominations for the 蜜芽传媒 Food and Farming Awards
Your food science questions for Harold McGee

Mon 5 Jan 2015

Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer listeners' food queries.
Redemption through Food

Mon 29 Dec 2014

Sheila Dillon presents inspirational stories from The Food Programme in 2014.
Christmas, food and being far from home

Mon 22 Dec 2014

Sheila Dillon uncovers the food stories of those away from home on Christmas.
Feeding Britain

Mon 15 Dec 2014

The story of one shop which is changing the way we think about food waste and food poverty
Cookbooks of 2014

Mon 8 Dec 2014

Sheila Dillon presents a review of the most exciting cookbooks of 2014.
A Bronx Food Tale

Mon 1 Dec 2014

In New York's south Bronx, Sheila Dillon finds out how food is transforming communities.
Get Ahead Treats for Christmas

Mon 24 Nov 2014

Diana Henry provides a guide to an Eastern Christmas with Bee Wilson and Sally Butcher.
Terra Madre

Mon 17 Nov 2014

Terra Madre: Bringing the world together through food. Presented by Dan Saladino.
Mushrooms

Mon 3 Nov 2014

Dan Saladino discovers a mysterious, surprising and delicious world of edible mushrooms.
Tom Jaine

Mon 3 Nov 2014

Sheila Dillon talks to the publisher, writer and restaurateur Tom Jaine about his life.
Women in the Kitchen

Mon 27 Oct 2014

Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen.
In a Stew about Rabbits

Mon 20 Oct 2014

Sheila Dillon explores rabbit meat. Is it delicious or unjustifiable?
A Life through Food: Harold McGee

Mon 13 Oct 2014

Harold McGee, the man who helped explain the science of the kitchen, tells his food story.
Mouthwatering Mutton

Sun 5 Oct 2014

Dan Saladino explores why we should all be demanding to eat older meat.
Bees and the City - the Urban Honey Story

Mon 29 Sep 2014

As bee populations fall, Sheila Dillon asks if salvation may be found in city streets.
Food Is MAD

Sun 21 Sep 2014

From 'guerrilla gardener' Ron Finley to Soviet cooking, Dan Saladino reports from MAD 4.
Ethiopian Teff - An Ancient Grain

Mon 15 Sep 2014

Sheila Dillon tells the story of teff, an ancient grain for modern times.