The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 757

What can I do? That was the question posed to us by Food Programme listener Angie Roberts who cares

As he prepares to move to Australia, leaving a lasting culinary legacy here in the UK, chef and food

Women & Beer

2017/6/11

Think beer. Think boys with beards? Think again. The last time Sheila Dillon reported on the women i

Cult Fiction and Food

2017/6/5

From Confederacy of Dunces to Absolute Beginners and On The Road, Dan Saladino explores cult novels

Turmeric

2017/5/28

Sheila Dillon takes a journey into the culinary use, history and the latest medical findings about t

Mac 'n' Cheese

2017/5/21

Sheila Dillon charts the rise of the humble mac'n'cheese: a dish that crosses culture and classes an

At the age of 30, with no formal training, Jeremiah Tower became a chef. His approach to cooking cha

Culinary herb grower Jekka McVicar shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon. Taking a walk th

Out Like a Lamb

2017/4/30

Lamb. Long a staple of the UK dinner table. But one glance at the statistics and it's obvious that '

The Potato

2017/4/23

Sheila Dillon digs up the remarkable story of how potatoes changed the world, offer a whole spectrum

Dan Saladino meets a woman who believes Venezuela's escape from crisis rests on chocolate. Maria Fer

Venezuela is seeing its worst economic crisis in living memory. As some of the most basic ingredient

Blood

2017/4/4

Blood in food is about as divisive as it comes. But Tim Hayward loves it. A rare steak, a carefully

Dan Saladino profiles the influential US chef and writer Dan Barber, author of 'The Third Plate - Fi

You've cast your nominations in the thousands. Now it's time to reveal who's in the running in the B

Do we pay enough for tea? Dan Saladino - a long-term and deeply committed coffee drinker - continues

Hardened coffee drinker Dan Saladino investigates tea's past, present and future and finds out how o

Historian Dr Polly Russell and chef Ashley Palmer-Watts visit farming communities in the Northern Ch

Let's Do Lunch

2017/2/19

What did you eat for lunch today? Whatever you ate, according to our recent national survey you took

Citrus

2017/2/12

Sheila Dillon goes on a citrus journey, discovering vivid flavour possibilities and hidden histories