The Food Programme

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Episodes

Total: 767

Love on a Plate

2024/2/11

From warming aphrodisiacs in the early modern period, to date-night oysters and champagne or a lovin

Destination Food

2024/2/4

Many of us are travel looking for food experiences and we often want to eat something that is authen

Sheila Dillon investigates what we can learn about food and public health from the extreme case of N

In the dark nights of January, celebrating the work of poet Robert Burns by feasting, toasting and s

Eating for Two?

2024/1/14

Jaega Wise is on a mission to find out what she should really be eating while pregnant - from concep

Seaweed farming could be a huge boon for the UK, restoring biodiversity, cleaning the sea and could

Join Leyla Kazim for a tour of New Year’s Eve food traditions around the world, from eating lentils

Cooking at Christmas is so much more than just the main meal, so this year Sheila Dillon, and chef T

Reflections on rum

2023/12/17

Jaega Wise reflects on her findings and a few surprising moments during the making of this week's ru

A refreshing mojito? Rum punch? Maybe just a simple rum and coke? Many of us might think no further

Recipes for Long Life

2023/12/10

Dan Buettner believes that "when a ritual lasts for hundreds or thousands of years, like prayer befo

The food books of 2023

2023/12/3

Over a coffee in community arts space The Place in Newport, south Wales, The Food Programme presente

Food Under Siege in Gaza

2023/11/26

Sheila Dillon looks at what the current conflict in Gaza has done to food supplies in one of the mos

Older Men Learning to Cook

2023/11/19

Jimi Famurewa talks to men learning or rediscovering cooking later in life, maybe due to a change of

Mezcal: A Beginners Guide

2023/11/12

Dan Saladino explores the Mexican spirit mezcal and the diverse world of agave spirits.Contents incl

Sheila Dillon presents more winners from the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2023, including who was cro

Join Sheila Dillon from the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport for the BBC Food and Fa

A pilot public health scheme in south east London is prescribing fresh fruit & veg to people wit

Dan Saladino finds out what happened to people who embarked on a wild food adventure, including chef

Kombucha has been around for a while but it has not had huge success in this country like it has in