The Food Programme Episodes Available now
Tasting tomatoes
Sheila Dillon explores the world of the modern British tomato. Has flavour made a return?
Wine Trends
Simon Parkes reports on the latest trends in the wine industry.
Breakfast
Tim Hayward offers reflections on the past, present and future of the British breakfast.
The Life of Pie
Tim Hayward on how the public and chefs fell back in love with the humble British pie.
A Soya Bean Future?
What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?
Seaweed, a Forgotten Food?
Nutritious, tasty but overlooked, Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed is the food of the future?
A Scramble for Eggs?
Sheila Dillon looks at changes to egg supplies following the EU's ban on battery cages.
The New Beer Frontier
Dan Saladino finds out why America's brewing scene is a growing influence on British beer.
The Fermentation Revival
Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation.
The Therapy of Food
Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.