The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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African Food
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Food writer Zoe Adjonyoh wants you to think again about saying 'African food'.
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The Big Pig Roadtrip
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Tim Hayward travels the UK to meet the people who champion rare breeds of British pigs.
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Eat to Run, Part 3
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Dan Saladino meets the runners convinced low or no carbs is the way to peak performance.
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Comfort food for dark days
Mon 19 Feb 2018
Sheila Dillon celebrates the power of food to comfort us in hard times.
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The Vegetable Yoda: Charlie Hicks
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino pay tribute to greengrocer extraordinaire Charlie Hicks.
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The World Service Cookbook
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Meet some of the people behind an extraordinary cookbook compiled by 大象传媒 World Service.
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Britain's Secret Saffron Story
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Yasmin Khan discovers the unexpected British story of her favourite spice, saffron.
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What Delicious Future?
Mon 22 Jan 2018
Dan Saladino looks at the ideas that could make a big impact on the future of our food.
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The 大象传媒 Food & Farming Awards 2018: The Search Begins...
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Rick Stein, Andi Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi launch the 大象传媒 Food & Farming Awards 2018.
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The Champagne Underground
New Year's Day 2018
Champagne sceptic Dan Saladino heads to the French region in search of mavericks of fizz.
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Sheila Dillon's Christmas Dinner
Christmas Day 2017
Sheila Dillon and very special guests share their favourite Xmas food and drink treats.
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The World's Most Popular Cheese: The Story of Cheddar
Mon 18 Dec 2017
Dan Saladino on the past, present and future of the world's most popular cheese, cheddar.
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Cookbooks of 2017
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Sheila Dillon and special guests look at the food, cookery and drink books of 2017.
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Food on the Edge (A Food Story Mix-Tape)
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with great food stories to tell
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Catalonia
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Sheila Dillon discovers how the spirit of Catalonia is reflected in their passion for food
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The Art of Fermentation - A Masterclass
Mon 6 Nov 2017
Dan Saladino has a practical fermentation masterclass with writer and teacher Sandor Katz.
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More Problems with Poultry?
Mon 30 Oct 2017
Following years of reporting on UK chicken scandals, Dan Saladino looks at the latest.
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How We Eat: 4. Eating as a Family
Mon 23 Oct 2017
Sheila Dillon explores the reality and the myth of eating as a family.
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How We Eat: 3. Eating By The Rules
Mon 16 Oct 2017
Sheila Dillon talks to people who eat according to very strict rules.
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How We Eat: 2. Eating with Strangers
Mon 9 Oct 2017
Sheila Dillon finds out what happens when you eat with strangers.
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How We Eat: 1. Eating Alone
Mon 2 Oct 2017
Sheila Dillon explores the guilty pleasures of eating alone.
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The 大象传媒 Food & Farming Awards 2017
Tue 26 Sep 2017
Sheila Dillon presents the highlights of this year's awards with Giorgio Locatelli
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Future Food
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Dan Saladino meets the Future Food finalists in the 2017 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards.
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Zero Compromise: A (Georgian) Natural Wine Story.
Mon 11 Sep 2017
Dan Saladino travels into the Caucasus in search of zero-compromise natural wine makers.
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Feast Like a Georgian: A Food Guide to the Caucasus.
Mon 4 Sep 2017
Dan Saladino travels to a country now considered to be an undiscovered food gem, Georgia.
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Salt Fish
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Sheila Dillon asks why dried and salted cod is still loved by cooks around the world.
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Chef Stress
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Dan Saladino investigates pressures on chefs and the darker side of the restaurant kitchen
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Can comfort foods really make you feel better?
Yes they can, says Sheila Dillon.
