The Spice Explosion

Cyrus Todiwala celebrates the role of spice in Britain's community, identity and taste.

• 30 mins

Salt, Pepper... and Seaweed?

Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed can become a kitchen cupboard staple.

• 30 mins

Rick Stein - A Life Through Food (Part 1)

Rick Stein talks to Sheila Dillon about starting out and his 'accidental' path into food.

• 28 mins

Rick Stein - A Life Through Food (Part 2)

Sheila Dillon continues to talk to chef Rick Stein about his TV career and travels.

• 30 mins

Barbecue

Dan Saladino explores one of the food world's most misunderstood words - barbecue.

• 30 mins

Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 1

Cook and food writer Simon Hopkinson shares his culinary life story with Sheila Dillon.

• 28 mins

Simon Hopkinson: A Life Through Food - Part 2

Simon Hopkinson explains why he left the success of Bibendum's kitchen to write about food

• 30 mins

Fantastic Fiction and Fabulous Feasts

Sheila Dillon devours the delightful children's books that made us excited about food.

• 30 mins

Feeding the Commons - Part I: Breakfast to Brunch

The incredible history of dining in Parliament. An insider's view of Westminster's food.

• 30 mins

Feeding the Commons - Part II: Lunch to Lights Out

Lunch to lights out in the mother of Parliaments, an insider's view of Westminster's food.

• 30 mins

New Wine Generation

Sheila Dillon uncovers the new ways of drinking, selling and writing about wine.

• 30 mins

Fast Food Workers

Sheila Dillon finds out how a fast food worker strike in the US is influencing the UK.

• 30 mins

Bread for Scotland

Sheila Dillon visits the community bakery teaching Edinburgh to bake.

• 30 mins

Going Pop

Dan Saladino explores how our changing taste in soft drinks is shaking up the big brands.

• 30 mins

My Food Hero: Tim Hayward meets Len Deighton

Best-selling author Len Deighton talks with Tim Hayward about his incredible food story.

• 30 mins

My Food Hero: Sheila Dillon meets writer and campaigner Susan George

Sheila Dillon speaks to her food hero, campaigner and writer Susan George.

• 28 mins

My Food Hero: Ella McSweeney Meets Wendell Berry

Ella McSweeney meets Wendell Berry - the farmer, author and campaigner who inspired her.

• 30 mins

My Food Hero: Dan Saladino meets Mary Taylor-Simeti

Sicilian food expert Mary Taylor Simeti reveals the island's food secrets to Dan Saladino.

• 30 mins

Libera Terra: Sicily's Anti-Mafia Farms

Dan Saladino learns how farms confiscated from Sicily's mafia are providing food and wine.

• 28 mins

Jam Tomorrow... Today

Diana Henry hosts a jam-making 'canning party'.

• 30 mins

The Ark of Taste: The Story so Far

Dan Saladino revisits highlights from our regular mini-series of endangered world foods.

• 28 mins

Food Stories from Syria 1

From losing daily bread to an ancient food culture - what conflict has meant for Syrians.

• 28 mins

Bitterness

Dan Saladino on whether bitterness is disappearing from our food, and why it matters.

• 28 mins

How Did the Chicken Cross the World?

Dan Saladino tells the story of a bird at the centre of human civilisation, the chicken.

• 30 mins

A Milk Appreciation

Do we take cows' milk for granted? Sheila Dillon asks if we need a reintroduction to it.

• 30 mins

The Pear

Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear.

• 30 mins

A Fat Lot of Good

With a growing array of oils on sale, Sheila Dillon cuts through the latest thinking.

• 30 mins

Trish Deseine Goes Home

The Northern Irish farmer's daughter who changed food writing in France for good.

• 30 mins

Scotch Egg! Scotch Egg!

How did the scotch egg rise from humble bar snack to a chef's favourite? Joe Warwick knows

• 30 mins

Chinatowns

The changing story of the world's Chinatowns. Dan Saladino looks at the biggest and best.

• 28 mins