The Food Programme Podcast
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Episodes to download
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Sugar: Pure, White and Deadly?
Sun 26 May 2013
Sheila Dillon finds out why the debate about the role of sugar in our lives is hotting up.
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Food, Cancer and Well-Being
Sun 19 May 2013
Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer.
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A Life Through Wine: Jancis Robinson
Sun 12 May 2013
Sheila Dillon speaks to world-renowned wine writer and critic Jancis Robinson.
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Digital Dishes - life stories through recipes
Sun 5 May 2013
Inside one kitchen, 13 strangers from all over Europe share food and stories.
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Black Pudding v Boudin Noir
Sun 28 Apr 2013
Charles Campion reveals the secrets of great black pudding at the 'world championships'.
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Food on the Road
Sun 21 Apr 2013
Sheila Dillon goes trucking and finds out what it's like to work, live and eat on the road
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Chilli Britannia
Sun 14 Apr 2013
Tim Hayward bites into Britain's growing chilli scene, from growers to expert eaters.
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Madhur Jaffrey, a life through food
Sun 7 Apr 2013
Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, returns to India and tells her food life story.
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Fasting, old and new
Sun 31 Mar 2013
Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting from a religious and medical perspective.
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Marmalade
Sun 24 Mar 2013
Tim Hayward asks if Britain can still hold its own in the competitive marmalade stakes.
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Our Changing Taste
Sun 17 Mar 2013
How our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes and what happens when we lose it.
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Forest foods, Africa's secret ingredients
Sun 10 Mar 2013
Sheila Dillon explores Africa's forest foods, emergency larder and source of flavour.
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US Southern Cooking and Chef Sean Brock
Sun 3 Mar 2013
Richard Johnson is in Charleston, South Carolina to see how a chef is reviving lost food.
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The Death of Three Square Meals?
Sun 24 Feb 2013
Sheila Dillon asks if snacking is killing the tradition of three square meals a day.
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Garlic, the wonder bulb
Sun 17 Feb 2013
Sheila Dillon explores a bulb which arouses strong feelings - and aromas - garlic.
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Horsemeat Scandal: A Food Programme Special
Sun 10 Feb 2013
Sheila Dillon reports on the latest developments in the horsemeat scandal.
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Food on a Pension
Sun 3 Feb 2013
Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people surviving on the basic state pension.
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Food in the life of Sir Paul McCartney
Sun 27 Jan 2013
Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney.
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Horsemeat and the Irish burger scandal
Sun 20 Jan 2013
Sheila Dillon investigates the horsemeat burger scandal affecting food in Ireland and UK.
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Traffic light labels
Sun 13 Jan 2013
Sheila Dillon asks if warning signs on food labels can change the way we eat.
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From Our Own Food Correspondent
Sun 6 Jan 2013
Sheila Dillon presents a special New Year show, with food stories from aroiund the world.
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The cocktail, old and new
Sun 30 Dec 2012
Dan Saladino explores the cocktail, from 18th century punch to new flavours in the USA.
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Christmas Necessary Pleasures
Sun 23 Dec 2012
Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their necessary Christmas pleasures.
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Cheap Veg
Sun 16 Dec 2012
Sheila Dillon discovers surprising stories behind humble British vegetables.
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A Winning Meal - The BBC Food Awards menu
Sun 2 Dec 2012
Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind the BBC Food and Farming Awards menu.
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2012's Best "Big Food Ideas"
Sun 25 Nov 2012
Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the Food and Farming Awards offering ideas for the future
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Street food heroes
Sun 11 Nov 2012
Valentine Warner and Charles Campion eat with the Food Award's 'Best Takeaway' finalists.
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Lard
Sun 4 Nov 2012
Tim Hayward learns to love lard, discussing our complicated relationship with animal fat.
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