2012's Best "Big Food Ideas"

Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the Food and Farming Awards offering ideas for the future

• 28 mins

A Winning Meal - The BBC Food Awards menu

Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind the BBC Food and Farming Awards menu.

• 28 mins

09/12/2012

Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths.

• 28 mins

Cheap Veg

Sheila Dillon discovers surprising stories behind humble British vegetables.

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Christmas Necessary Pleasures

Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their necessary Christmas pleasures.

• 28 mins

The cocktail, old and new

Dan Saladino explores the cocktail, from 18th century punch to new flavours in the USA.

• 28 mins

From Our Own Food Correspondent

Sheila Dillon presents a special New Year show, with food stories from aroiund the world.

• 28 mins

Traffic light labels

Sheila Dillon asks if warning signs on food labels can change the way we eat.

• 28 mins

Horsemeat and the Irish burger scandal

Sheila Dillon investigates the horsemeat burger scandal affecting food in Ireland and UK.

• 28 mins

Food in the life of Sir Paul McCartney

Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney.

• 28 mins

Food on a Pension

Sheila Dillon investigates the food lives of people surviving on the basic state pension.

• 28 mins

Horsemeat Scandal: A Food Programme Special

Sheila Dillon reports on the latest developments in the horsemeat scandal.

• 28 mins

Garlic, the wonder bulb

Sheila Dillon explores a bulb which arouses strong feelings - and aromas - garlic.

• 28 mins

The Death of Three Square Meals?

Sheila Dillon asks if snacking is killing the tradition of three square meals a day.

• 28 mins

US Southern Cooking and Chef Sean Brock

Richard Johnson is in Charleston, South Carolina to see how a chef is reviving lost food.

• 28 mins

Forest foods, Africa's secret ingredients

Sheila Dillon explores Africa's forest foods, emergency larder and source of flavour.

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Our Changing Taste

How our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes and what happens when we lose it.

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Marmalade

Tim Hayward asks if Britain can still hold its own in the competitive marmalade stakes.

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Fasting, old and new

Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting from a religious and medical perspective.

• 28 mins

Madhur Jaffrey, a life through food

Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, returns to India and tells her food life story.

• 28 mins

Chilli Britannia

Tim Hayward bites into Britain's growing chilli scene, from growers to expert eaters.

• 28 mins

Food on the Road

Sheila Dillon goes trucking and finds out what it's like to work, live and eat on the road

• 28 mins

Black Pudding v Boudin Noir

Charles Campion reveals the secrets of great black pudding at the 'world championships'.

• 28 mins

Digital Dishes - life stories through recipes

Inside one kitchen, 13 strangers from all over Europe share food and stories.

• 28 mins

A Life Through Wine: Jancis Robinson

Sheila Dillon speaks to world-renowned wine writer and critic Jancis Robinson.

• 28 mins

Food, Cancer and Well-Being

Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer.

• 28 mins

Sugar: Pure, White and Deadly?

Sheila Dillon finds out why the debate about the role of sugar in our lives is hotting up.

• 28 mins

Michael Pollan: Why Cooking Matters

Sheila Dillon speaks to Michael Pollan on the craft, science and pleasures of cooking.

• 28 mins

Bereavement and Food

Sheila Dillon explores how bereavement can change our relationship with food.

• 28 mins

The chocolate world of Mott Green

The story of Mott Green, Grenadian cocoa farmer, who tried to change the chocolate world.

• 28 mins