The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 761

Cheap Veg

2012/12/17

Cheap veg - the surprising stories behind humble British vegetables. Sheila Dillon enlists three exp

09/12/2012

2012/12/10

Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths and how increasingly churches, temple

A Winning Meal - the menu behind the Food and Farming Awards. Chef, Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the st

Rethinking the hot dog

2012/11/26

Originally the street food of German immigrants to the United States, the hot dog was the original a

Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the BBC Food & Farming Awards offering ideas for our food futur

Street food heroes

2012/11/13

From Moroccan food to traditional British puddings. Valentine Warner and Charles Campion taste their

Lard

2012/11/5

Loving lard - Tim Hayward delves into the guilty pleasure of eating animal fat. Lard is so unfashion

Football and Food

2012/10/29

John Inverdale looks at innovations in the food offerings at football grounds that aim to give fans

The Future of the Oven

2012/10/22

Tim Hayward glimpses the future of the domestic oven. After decades of remaining relatively unchange

How to waste less food

2012/10/15

Tristram Stuart reports on the latest ideas to tackle our growing mountains of food waste by thinkin

British Blue Cheese

2012/10/9

British blue cheese is aspiring to move from niche to mass market. Blue cheese has been made on the

Cook and food writer Valentine Warner reveals this year's line up of finalists in the BBC Food &

Food and the Cinema

2012/9/23

Tom Parker Bowles looks at the cinema eating experience: from popcorn and nachos to three course mea

Sourdough

2012/9/16

Sheila Dillon finds out why sourdough bread is undergoing a major revival. It is the world's oldest

Sheila Dillon finds out how Australia, a nation founded on the bulk export of cheese and meat, becam

Sheila Dillon explores a food story of decline and revival, British mustard.

Do you know how vanilla beans are hand pollinated? Do you know why harvested vanilla pods are wrappe

Sheila Dillon embarks on a journey through the world of spice, starting with the clove. She follows

The Science of Taste

2012/8/13

Can changing our dining utensils change the flavour of food? Simon Parkes investigates.

Camping Food

2012/8/6

For most people, the idea of camping food is not an appetising one. You'll not find food-loving Tim