The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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Pickling and Preserving
Sun 16 Oct 2011
Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food.
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Los Angeles Street Food
Sun 9 Oct 2011
Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin
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Beer - Trouble Brewing?
Sun 2 Oct 2011
As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled.
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Food ads and children
Sun 25 Sep 2011
Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children.
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The Honey Business
Sun 18 Sep 2011
Sheila Dillon takes a look behind the scenes of the honey industry.
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Food Poverty
Sun 11 Sep 2011
Simon Parkes reveals a Britain in which hunger and hard food choices are all too real.
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Food Icons: George Perry-Smith
Sun 4 Sep 2011
The story and legacy of the maverick, self taught, legendary chef George Perry-Smith.
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Kitchen Designers
Sun 28 Aug 2011
A special edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen looking at the history of kitchen design.
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Food Icons: Major Patrick Rance
Sun 21 Aug 2011
In a series on people who've changed the way we eat, The Food Programme profiles Pat Rance
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Scotland's Food Policy
Sun 14 Aug 2011
With Sheila Dillon. A look at Scotland's first ever national food policy.
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Mario Cassandro
Sun 7 Aug 2011
Sheila Dillon looks at the life of Mario Cassandro, a man who re-invented the restaurant.
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Yeast
Sun 31 Jul 2011
A global commodity, and now part of a food revival. Sheila Dillon on the wonders of yeast.
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School Food
Sun 24 Jul 2011
Sheila Dillon follows two schools as they attempt to transform the way their pupils eat.
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Emergency Food
Sun 17 Jul 2011
Sheila Dillon investigates how emergency foods are made for disasters, droughts and wars.
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Food in the Scottish Borders
Sun 3 Jul 2011
Sheila Dillon seeks out fish and cattle along the River Nith.
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New Foodies
Sun 26 Jun 2011
Food writer Tim Hayward investigates a new wave of food entrepreneurship.
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Sanjay and the Sardine
Sun 19 Jun 2011
Cornish chef Sanjay Kumar goes on a cooking mission to Italy to save the Cornish sardine.
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National Trust
Sun 12 Jun 2011
Has the National Trust succeeded in becoming a major proponent of good food?
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Burgers and meat
Sun 5 Jun 2011
Sheila Dillon looks at the hamburger and it how changed the world's attitudes to meat.
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The Real Food Debate
Sun 29 May 2011
Sheila Dillon investigates whether the Great British food renaissance is over.
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Vinegar
Sun 22 May 2011
Sheila Dillon reveals the secrets behind some of the world's great vinegars.
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The Coffee Business
Sun 15 May 2011
Coffee prices are at a 30 year high. Sheila Dillon traces the money along the supply chain
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Climate Change Farm
Sun 8 May 2011
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat. Presented by Sheila Dillon.
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Royal Food
Sun 1 May 2011
Simon Parkes explores the connection between royal wedding banquets and British food.
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Margate's Food Stories - Pie Days and Holidays
Sun 24 Apr 2011
Featuring Sophie Herxheimer, an artist who collects and draws food stories.
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Borough Market
Sun 17 Apr 2011
Sheila Dillon charts the success of London's Borough Market and asks, 'Where now?'.
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Food and the Sicilian mafia
Sun 10 Apr 2011
Sheila Dillon looks at the role of food businesses in combating the Sicilian mafia.
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Food and the Unification of Italy
Sun 3 Apr 2011
Sheila Dillon explores a food story behind the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.
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Natural Wine
Sun 27 Mar 2011
Natural wine is the latest buzz in the wine world but what is it? Sheila Dillon finds out.
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