The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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麻豆社 Food and Farming Awards 2018: First Course
Tue 19 Jun 2018
Chefs, cooks and food writers gather to celebrate unsung food heroes.
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Street Food 2018
Mon 11 Jun 2018
Nigel Barden investigates the rapidly evolving world of street food in 2018.
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The Mothership of Brewing: Beer and the Belgians
Mon 4 Jun 2018
Dan Saladino and drinks writer Pete Brown find out why Belgium beer is so influential.
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Life-changing Food
Mon 28 May 2018
Sheila Dillon explores how food is used around the country to transform lives.
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Food Stories From Syria (3)
Mon 21 May 2018
Sheila Dillon shares food with people who have fled the war in Syria.
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Japanese Whisky: A Beginners Guide
Mon 14 May 2018
Dan Saladino on how Japanese distillers managed to make some of the world's best whisky.
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The 麻豆社 Food & Farming Awards 2018: Finalist stories
Mon 30 Apr 2018
From Belfast via Barrow-in-Furness to Brighton. Sheila Dillon meets our 2018 finalists.
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Is There a Place for Salt?
Mon 23 Apr 2018
Sheila Dillon asks if there is a place for salt in our cooking and if all salts are equal.
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Northern Ireland: Food at a Crossroads
Mon 16 Apr 2018
Sheila Dillon explores food from the border to Belfast in a country on the brink of Brexit
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The Sugar Tax: A (Short) History
Mon 9 Apr 2018
Dan Saladino looks behind the headlines of the newly introduced sugar tax.
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The Power of Food: Parabere Forum
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Dan Saladino reports from the Parabere Forum, with five life-changing food stories.
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Doctor's Orders: Getting Tomorrow's Medics Cooking
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Meet the medical students and doctors who want more training on diet and nutrition.
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The Future of Bread
Mon 19 Mar 2018
Dan Saladino and Nathan Myhrvold discuss one of the biggest bread projects ever undertaken
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African Food
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Food writer Zoe Adjonyoh wants you to think again about saying 'African food'.
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The Big Pig Roadtrip
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Tim Hayward travels the UK to meet the people who champion rare breeds of British pigs.
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Eat to Run, Part 3
Mon 26 Feb 2018
Dan Saladino meets the runners convinced low or no carbs is the way to peak performance.
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Comfort food for dark days
Mon 19 Feb 2018
Sheila Dillon celebrates the power of food to comfort us in hard times.
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The Vegetable Yoda: Charlie Hicks
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino pay tribute to greengrocer extraordinaire Charlie Hicks.
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The World Service Cookbook
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Meet some of the people behind an extraordinary cookbook compiled by 麻豆社 World Service.
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Britain's Secret Saffron Story
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Yasmin Khan discovers the unexpected British story of her favourite spice, saffron.
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What Delicious Future?
Mon 22 Jan 2018
Dan Saladino looks at the ideas that could make a big impact on the future of our food.
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The 麻豆社 Food & Farming Awards 2018: The Search Begins...
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Rick Stein, Andi Oliver and Yotam Ottolenghi launch the 麻豆社 Food & Farming Awards 2018.
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The Champagne Underground
New Year's Day 2018
Champagne sceptic Dan Saladino heads to the French region in search of mavericks of fizz.
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Sheila Dillon's Christmas Dinner
Christmas Day 2017
Sheila Dillon and very special guests share their favourite Xmas food and drink treats.
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The World's Most Popular Cheese: The Story of Cheddar
Mon 18 Dec 2017
Dan Saladino on the past, present and future of the world's most popular cheese, cheddar.
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Cookbooks of 2017
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Sheila Dillon and special guests look at the food, cookery and drink books of 2017.
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Food on the Edge (A Food Story Mix-Tape)
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with great food stories to tell
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Can comfort foods really make you feel better?
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