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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

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    Hunting With The Hadza 2: The Microbiome.

    Mon 10 Jul 2017

    Dan Saladino asks if hunter gatherers the Hadza tribe hold the key to our future health.

  • Hunting with the Hadza

    Mon 3 Jul 2017

    Dan Saladino eats with one of the last remaining hunter gatherer tribes, Tanzania's Hadza.

  • Diet and Dementia: An Update

    Mon 26 Jun 2017

    An update on cook Paula Wolfert and entrepreneur James Ashwell's food and dementia stories

  • Alastair Little: A Life through Food

    Mon 19 Jun 2017

    Sheila Dillon meets pioneering chef and food writer Alastair Little.

  • Women & Beer

    Mon 12 Jun 2017

    Beer sommelier Jane Peyton wants to persuade Sheila Dillon to drink beer made by women.

  • Cult Fiction and Food

    Mon 5 Jun 2017

    Confederacy of Dunces to Absolute Beginners, Dan Saladino looks at food in cult fiction.

  • Turmeric

    Mon 29 May 2017

    Sheila Dillon investigates the culinary use and the latest medical findings on turmeric.

  • Mac 'n' Cheese

    Mon 22 May 2017

    Sheila Dillon on the humble mac'n'cheese, a dish that crosses culture and classes.

  • The Chef Who Vanished - The Story of Jeremiah Tower

    Mon 15 May 2017

    Jeremiah Tower changed the idea of what a chef could be. Dan Saladino tells his story.

  • The Herbal World of Jekka McVicar

    Mon 8 May 2017

    Culinary herb pioneer Jekka McVicar shares her life through food with Sheila Dillon.

  • Out Like a Lamb

    Mon 1 May 2017

    Is lamb in a stew? SORTEDfood help understand why millennials aren't cooking with lamb.

  • The Potato

    Mon 24 Apr 2017

    Sheila Dillon on how the potato changed the world, and might shape our food future.

  • Food Stories from Venezuela Part 2: Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe

    Mon 17 Apr 2017

    Dan Saladino meets a woman who believes Venezuela's escape from crisis rests on chocolate.

  • Food Stories from Venezuela: Eating in a Failed State.

    Mon 10 Apr 2017

    Venezuela is seeing its worst crisis in living memory. Dan Saladino tells the food story.

  • Blood

    Mon 3 Apr 2017

    Tim Hayward wants you to cook with blood. Surely it's not as scary as it sounds?...

  • Chef Dan Barber: The Third Plate

    Mon 27 Mar 2017

    Dan Saladino meets influential US chef Dan Barber, in the UK on a food 'waste' mission.

  • 成人快手 Food & Farming Awards 2017: The Finalists

    Mon 20 Mar 2017

    The finalists of the 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2017 are revealed.

  • Tea: A Coffee Drinker's Guide, Part 2

    Mon 13 Mar 2017

    Do we pay enough for tea? Dan Saladino continues his look at our love affair with the leaf

  • Tea: A Coffee Drinker's Guide

    Mon 6 Mar 2017

    Dan Saladino investigates tea's past, present and future and explores our changing tastes.

  • Thailand: A Royal Food Legacy

    Mon 27 Feb 2017

    How a 50-year-old food and farming project has helped rid Thailand of illegal opium.

  • Let's Do Lunch

    Mon 20 Feb 2017

    In the time taken for your average midday meal, Sheila Dillon unpacks the future of lunch.

  • Citrus

    Mon 13 Feb 2017

    Sheila Dillon steps into a vivid, flavour-filled and surprising world of citrus.

  • Gumbo

    Mon 6 Feb 2017

    Dan Saladino finds out how one dish, gumbo, can reveal centuries of American history.

  • Leah Chase: The cook who changed America

    Mon 30 Jan 2017

    Legendary New Orleans cook Leah Chase tells her story of seven decades in the kitchen.

  • Lancashire: My Food Roots

    Sun 22 Jan 2017

    Sheila Dillon returns to her food roots, taking a road trip through Lancashire.

  • Introducing... The 成人快手 Food and Farming Awards 2017

    Mon 16 Jan 2017

    Giorgio Locatelli launches 2017's 'Oscars' of food and in 2017, the search goes global.

  • Belfast: Creating a New Food Tradition

    Mon 9 Jan 2017

    Sheila Dillon explores the thriving new food culture of Northern Ireland.

  • Loch Fyne: Celebrating Food Tradition

    Mon 2 Jan 2017

    Sheila Dillon explores how food binds together the rural Scottish community of Loch Fyne.

  • Wild Boar

    Christmas Day 2016

    Sheila Dillon explores the Wild Boar Feast, an ancient Christmas tradition.

  • A Passion for Cake

    Mon 19 Dec 2016

    Sheila Dillon takes an irreverent look at baking and the history of cake.

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