Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFood Additives, Part 2: The Debate
In the second part of The Food Programme's focus on additives, Sheila Dillon takes a closer look the myths and realities around these extra ingredien…
6 years, 3 months ago
Food Additives, Part 1: Sherbet and other E number experiments
From Vitamin C and fruit-flavoured sherbet, to the chemicals adding flavour to ultra-processed foods - Sheila Dillon delves into the world of food ad…
6 years, 3 months ago
Island to Island: The journey of Mauritian cuisine
Mauritius recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence from the UK – and since that day in the 1960s, tens of thousands of islanders have…
6 years, 4 months ago
Ice Cream Nation
We might like the occasional 99 in the rain in the UK, but not for us the piled high gelato cones of Italy, the tubs of sweet American sundaes, nor t…
6 years, 4 months ago
Taste the Music and Dance
Dan Saladino reports from the Taste The World stage of the world music festival Womad.
In 2006 a director of the festival Annie Menter had the idea o…
6 years, 4 months ago
Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part II
On the anniversary of TV series 'The Naked Chef', Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon about two controversial decades dominating food on our TV scree…
6 years, 4 months ago
Jamie Oliver: A Life Through Food Part I
On the anniversary of TV series 'The Naked Chef', Jamie Oliver talks to Sheila Dillon about two controversial decades dominating food on our TV scree…
6 years, 5 months ago
Why did the chicken cross the road? How food became more than a comedy punchline
Food has been larking about in comedy since Charlie Chaplin first slipped on a banana skin and made bread rolls dance: but somewhere along the way, i…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Search for Esiah's Seeds
Dan Saladino tells the story Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives.
It all started with a squash. Soon after he started to grow his own food …
6 years, 5 months ago
The BarbeQ'n'A
Rain or shine, the British barbecue is a summer tradition: and we want to help your al fresco feasts go with a bang!
Sheila Dillon calls on Genevieve …
6 years, 5 months ago