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Holy Food
Tim Hayward looks at the tradition of monastic food production.
US Southern cooking and chef Sean Brock
Richard Johnson's award-winning travels through the American south to meet chef Sean Brock
Sweeteners: The answer to our sugar cravings?
Could sweeteners be the way for us to cut down on sugar but keep eating sweet treats?
Mexican cooking and the food adventures of Diana Kennedy
Dan Saladino meets a world authority on the food of Mexico, British-born Diana Kennedy.
Food and the Curriculum
Stefan Gates talks to teachers, kids and cooks about food and the curriculum.
Food in Opera
Sheila Dillon hears how music and food have influenced each other over the past 400 years.
Salad leaves
Dan Saladino reports on the increasingly complex world of salad leaves.
English Wine
English and Welsh wines are on the up and up, as Sheila Dillon investigates.
Problems with Poultry?
Is the poultry industry fit for purpose? Dan Saladino looks at how UK chicken is produced.
Growing Veg, Not Drugs
Sheila Dillon visits a salad business that employs ex-addicts.
Eat for Victory
How to revolutionize your cooking, 1940s style. With Sheila Dillon.
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Dorset
Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, four decades on.
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Wales
Dan Saladino revisits Derek Cooper's hunt for British regional foods, 40 years on.
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Yorkshire
From Yorkshire pudding to tripe, the change in regional foods.
Ethiopian Teff - An Ancient Grain
Sheila Dillon tells the story of teff, an ancient grain for modern times.
Food Is MAD
From 'guerrilla gardener' Ron Finley to Soviet cooking, Dan Saladino reports from MAD 4.
Bees and the City - the Urban Honey Story
As bee populations fall, Sheila Dillon asks if salvation may be found in city streets.
Mouthwatering Mutton
Dan Saladino explores why we should all be demanding to eat older meat.
A Life through Food: Harold McGee
Harold McGee, the man who helped explain the science of the kitchen, tells his food story.
In a Stew about Rabbits
Sheila Dillon explores rabbit meat. Is it delicious or unjustifiable?
Women in the Kitchen
Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen.
Tom Jaine
Sheila Dillon talks to the publisher, writer and restaurateur Tom Jaine about his life.
Mushrooms
Dan Saladino discovers a mysterious, surprising and delicious world of edible mushrooms.
Terra Madre
Terra Madre: Bringing the world together through food. Presented by Dan Saladino.
Get Ahead Treats for Christmas
Diana Henry provides a guide to an Eastern Christmas with Bee Wilson and Sally Butcher.
A Bronx Food Tale
In New York's south Bronx, Sheila Dillon finds out how food is transforming communities.
Cookbooks of 2014
Sheila Dillon presents a review of the most exciting cookbooks of 2014.
Feeding Britain
The story of one shop which is changing the way we think about food waste and food poverty
Christmas, food and being far from home
Sheila Dillon uncovers the food stories of those away from home on Christmas.
Redemption through Food
Sheila Dillon presents inspirational stories from The Food Programme in 2014.
Your food science questions for Harold McGee
Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer listeners' food queries.