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The Joy of Heat
Sheila Dillon investigates our love for the hot stuff.
1971: A year that changed food forever?
Dan Saladino asks if the year 1971 was a turning point for how the world eats?
Pure umami: should we learn to love MSG?
Leyla Kazim investigates the history, science and culture around MSG
Socially Distanced Dining: Indoor restaurants reopen again
Leyla Kazim heads to Padstow to discover how restaurants are adapting to new Covid rules.
India's Covid Crisis: The Food Story
Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and the efforts to feed communities.
Tom Kerridge: A Life Through Food
Tom Kerridge shares his remarkable life in food, pubs and kitchens with Sheila Dillon.
Eat Your Art Out: How Art Makes Us Eat
Jaega Wise discovers how art makes us eat; from cookbooks to curated menus and campaigns.
The Medical Field: Why student doctors are getting out on farms
Could teaching medics about food production help improve the nation's health?
Cyrus Todiwala: A Life Through Food
From Mumbai childhood to pioneering Indian chef in London: Mr Todiwala's Life Through Food
Unpacking the Great British Picnic
Jaega Wise finds out how and why the picnic has become such an institution.
Drinking Culture: The women calling out sexism in the alcohol industry
Jaega Wise speaks to those hoping to change how women are treated in the drinks world
Plate of the Nation: Second Serving
Can the new National Food Strategy successfully transform the UK food system?
The Great Food Reset?
Dan Saladino finds out why a United Nations food summit has become so controversial.
Catering in Care Homes
Sheila Dillon explores the challenges around cooking up good quality food in care homes.
Andrew Wong: A Life Through Food
Jaega Wise meets the chef bringing Chinese culture and history to life through his food.
Flour to the People.
Dan Saladino finds out how wheat, flour and bread are being reclaimed in Scotland.
The Story of the Digestive: From grain to biscuit.
Dan Saladino tells the story of one of Britain's oldest and most popular biscuits.
Tastefully Worded: Exploring food in language
Sheila Dillon and Michael Rosen consider the power and persuasion of food language.
Stirring Up Stories: The Business of Food PR
Leyla Kazim finds out how food PR is evolving to get us talking and eating.
Buckfast: the Transformation of Scotland鈥檚 Most Controversial Drink
Jaega Wise finds out how a tonic wine with a troubled past became middle class.
High Spirits: A story of vodka
Jaega Wise learns about the origin and evolution of vodka.
Prue Leith: A Life Through Food
Sheila Dillon meets broadcaster and businesswoman Prue Leith to discuss her career in food
Oz Clarke: A Life Through Wine
Jaega Wise talks to the writer about his lifelong passion for wine and its future.
Best Food Producer of the Year: Meet the Finalists
Sheila Dillon and chef Angela Hartnett visit this year鈥檚 Best Food Producer finalists.
Follow the Money: Investor power and the Future of Food
Dan Saladino meets investors using trillions of dollars to shape the global food system.
A Personnel Problem: What's the solution to hospitality's staffing crisis?
Sheila Dillon and guests discuss why hospitality businesses just can't get the staff.
Veg Invention: The stories of new kinds of fruit and vegetables
Leyla Kazim finds out how new varieties of fruit and veg make it from lab to plate.
COP26: The Case for Cattle and Pigs.
With COP26 underway Dan Saladino explores the value of meat and dairy for our future food.
Best Shop or Market of the Year: Meet the Finalists
Leyla Kazim visits 2021鈥檚 Best Shop or Market finalists in the 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards
Cookbooks of 2021
Our annual round up of the year's best food and drink books.
The 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards 2021 - First Course
The winners of the 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards 2021 are announced.