The Food Chain Episodes Episode guide
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What is 'super sweet' corn?
How and why the taste of our vegetables is changing
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What Olympians eat
We find out about the diets of elite athletes and how to cater for them
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Cooking is chemistry
We explore the science behind what you do in the kitchen
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'Happy' cafes
The restaurants in Paris, Mumbai and Istanbul whose staff have learning disabilities.
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Your taste is unique
How your perception of taste is informed by your DNA
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How safe is the soil in our cities?
Managing the risks of growing food where land is contaminated
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Food double-acts: Couples
The couples that make both a relationship and a restaurant work
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The bakers
The art and business of bread making with bakers from Nigeria, Canada & Lebanon
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Taking weight-loss drugs
How do new weight-loss medications work, and what could they mean for the diet industry?
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Eating in the heat
What people in Delhi eat to keep cool in the city鈥檚 blazing summer
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The burrito story
We trace the origins of the spicy wrap from humble Mexican street food to global hit
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Can beef be carbon neutral?
Farmers in Uruguay are working towards making cattle farming more environmentally friendly
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Eat with your hands
The art, joy and benefits of eating with your hands
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Can I eat this flower?
How edible flowers might add more to a dish than just decoration
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To salt or not to salt?
What sodium chloride does to your food and your body
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Hungry at sea
Why some seafarers on board cargo ships don鈥檛 have enough to eat
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Food double-acts: TV chefs
The chefs who have found brilliant on-screen chemistry with a friend
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How to run a restaurant
With restaurants up against it, what is the winning formula for running one?
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The real Willy Wonkas
What鈥檚 it really like to work in a chocolate factory?
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Fasting and feasting
Is fasting for faith good for the mind and body?
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Why we love dumplings
You say 鈥榢enkey鈥�, I say 鈥榙im sum鈥�. Where did dumplings really come from?
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The fifth taste
How to cook with umami and MSG
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The school cooks
Three lunch chefs take us behind the scenes of canteen culture
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Is this ultra processed?
What is ultra processed food, and how can you spot it?
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Table talk
Why what you talk about over dinner matters
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Detroit's urban farmers
Meet the people growing food on vacant land in this US city
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Rebuilding Turkey鈥檚 food culture
We report on the impact of the 2023 earthquakes on food businesses in Antakya, Turkey
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Is Chinese food the best in the world?
What centuries of Chinese cuisine can teach us today
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How to invent an apple
The fascinating history and future of the apples you buy in the supermarket
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The preservers
Meet the people preserving food to make it last longer
