The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
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Seeds: a 400-million-year-old food story
Mon 27 Aug 2018
Dan Saladino and Polly Russell share seed stories from this year's Oxford Food Symposium.
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There's More to Mangoes
Mon 20 Aug 2018
Sheila Dillon looks at how convenience mangoes have kept us from their true exotic flavour
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Keep It Sticky: The Extraordinary Story of Chef Marcus Samuelsson.
Mon 6 Aug 2018
Harlem chef Marcus Samuelsson tells his food story, from Ethiopia and Sweden to New York.
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Music and Food: Sounds Delicious!
Mon 30 Jul 2018
Dan Saladino speaks to chefs and scientists about the relationship between tunes and taste
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Richard Corrigan: A Life Through Food
Mon 23 Jul 2018
A rare voice of authenticity from the kitchen and one of our most important chefs.
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Birmingham's Beloved Balti
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Yasmin Khan charts the rise and fall of Birmingham's British-Pakistani Balti Triangle.
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Cycling and Food: Fuelling the Peloton
Mon 9 Jul 2018
Behind the scenes at the world's biggest cycling events, the race is on in the kitchen.
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Unedited: Sheila Dillon's interview with Prof. Louis Levy of Public Health England
Mon 2 Jul 2018
Sheila Dillon's interview with Prof Louis Levy of Public Health England
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What's Eating The Restaurant Trade?
Mon 25 Jun 2018
A panel discussion about the future of restaurants presented by Grace Dent.
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成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2018: Second Course
Tue 19 Jun 2018
Sheila Dillon presents the stories behind this year's Food and Farming Awards
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成人快手 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 成人快手 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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