The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 757

As she readies herself for an imminent move back to her native New Zealand after three decades in th

Food Museums

2015/12/6

If you were to create a museum telling the story of food and drink what would you say or put on disp

Cookbooks of 2015

2015/12/1

Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery and food books.Sheila is joined in the studio

Chinatowns

2015/11/23

Nearly every major city in the world has one- a district where Chinese immigrants have settled to li

Scotch Egg! Scotch Egg!

2015/11/15

Scotch eggs may conjure memories of Summer picnics, school dinners or even Alan Partridge but the hu

Trish Deseine Goes Home

2015/11/8

Trish Deseine may not be a household name in the UK. But in France, the home of gastronomy, her 12 c

The Pear

2015/10/25

For many of us, a disappointing experience with an unripe or tasteless pear has coloured our opinion

A Milk Appreciation

2015/10/18

When was the last time you drank a simple glass of milk? Perhaps you view it more as an ingredient f

As a race, we humans owe a fair amount to the chicken. Throughout time it has been a religious deity

Bitterness

2015/10/5

Dan Saladino hunts down that flavour we call 'bitter', and asks if bitterness is disappearing from o

Food Stories from Syria 1

2015/9/27

The continuing conflict in Syria has caused millions of people to flee the country. Images of men, w

This is a race against time. Earlier this year The Food Programme set out to record stories of foods

Jam Tomorrow... Today

2015/9/15

Jam. Think sticky apricot and saccharine strawberry? Think again. Our British love affair with jam g

Dan Saladino finds out how farms confiscated from Sicily's mafia are providing food and wine, helpin

Wendell Berry has been described as 'An American Hero' but his work and teaching have inspired and i

Dan Saladino retraces his Sicilian food roots and goes in search of a great expert on the island's c

In the second of a special series of food heroes, Sheila Dillon meets one of the most influential wr

Tim Hayward meets the man who changed the whole way he approached food. Someone who inspired Tim, an

Going Pop

2015/8/3

Staying sober on a night out can be a limiting experience with the soft drinks choice on offer in ma

Bread for Scotland

2015/7/27

Scotland has a problem with food. For all the salmon, whisky and summer berries celebrated in this y