The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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Claudia Roden: A Life Through Food
Sun 9 Feb 2014
Claudia Roden talks about her life, cooking and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food.
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Britain and the Ready Meal
Sun 2 Feb 2014
The ready meal after horsemeat, why it was good news for chilled but a problem for frozen.
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Greek Yogurt: a global love affair
Sun 26 Jan 2014
Sheila Dillon finds out why humble Greek yogurt triggered a worldwide food craze.
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Food and the Future of Pubs
Sun 19 Jan 2014
Sheila Dillon hears the latest on the role of food in the future of the British pub.
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Three inspirational cooks
Sun 12 Jan 2014
Sheila Dillon revisits the inspirational caterers from the 蜜芽传媒 Food and Farming Awards.
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The best of British food and farming.... the search begins
Sun 5 Jan 2014
Sheila Dillon, Richard Corrigan and Valentine Warner launch the 蜜芽传媒 Food & Farming Awards.
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100 years of Elizabeth David
Sun 29 Dec 2013
Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward on the legacy of Elizabeth David, 100 years after her birth.
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Nutmeg: The Smell of Christmas?
Sun 22 Dec 2013
For Nigel Slater, nutmeg is 'the scent of Christmas', but Sheila Dillon needs convincing.
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Fish & Chips
Sun 15 Dec 2013
Sheila Dillon explores a renaissance in the great British fish and chip shop.
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Bovril
Sun 8 Dec 2013
Lesley Steinitz explains the pioneering story of Bovril - a very beefy love affair.
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Alice Waters, a Delicious Revolution
Sun 1 Dec 2013
Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her food story with Sheila Dillon.
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Cook Books
Sun 24 Nov 2013
Ahead of the Christmas shopping season, a review of 2013's best and worst cook books.
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Why is Grimsby's smoked fish special?
Sun 17 Nov 2013
Sheila Dillon investigates the impact of PGI status on Grimsby traditional smoked fish.
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The Sugarman of Brazil
Sun 10 Nov 2013
The incredible story of one farmer who is trying to change the way we produce our food.
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Horsemeat - a Food Programme update
Sun 3 Nov 2013
Sheila Dillon asks why no one has been prosecuted following on from the horsemeat scandal.
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Restaurant Reviews
Sun 27 Oct 2013
With an abundance of different restaurant reviews, Sheila Dillon asks who we can trust.
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Cider: Britain's Most Misunderstood Drink?
Sun 20 Oct 2013
Drinks writer Pete Brown explains why bottles of cider should be on the UK's dinner tables
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The Great British Hop
Sun 13 Oct 2013
Can there really be only 60 hop farmers left in the UK? Miles Warde finds out.
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Cook Slow, Cook Fast
Sun 6 Oct 2013
Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of cooks using slow and pressure cookers.
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The School Food Plan
Sun 29 Sep 2013
Sheila Dillon investigates the new School Food Plan and asks if it can make real change.
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A Quiet Food Revolution: The Story of Myrtle and Darina Allen
Sun 22 Sep 2013
How two women, Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking.
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The Future of Street Food
Sun 8 Sep 2013
Can street food change the world? Richard Johnson on new ideas unfolding around the world.
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DIY Food
Sun 1 Sep 2013
Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands.
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In Praise of Bacon
Sun 25 Aug 2013
Hardeep Singh Kohli's personal plea to the nation to reflect on a food of wonder: bacon.
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Feeding the Detectives
Sun 18 Aug 2013
Dan Saladino looks at how food has increasingly become a big ingredient in crime fiction.
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A World Stage for Food and Music
Sun 11 Aug 2013
How cooks from 12 countries gathered to share food and music on stage at Womad.
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The Banana - fascinating history, uncertain future
Sun 4 Aug 2013
Sheila Dillon asks why the future of the UK's most popular fruit, the banana, is uncertain
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Skint Foodies
Sun 28 Jul 2013
Sheila Dillon meets the cooks who've specialised in making great food on very low incomes.
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Rethinking Veganism
Sun 21 Jul 2013
How a new generation is rethinking and embracing a meat and dairy free diet.
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