Podcast Episodes

Your food science questions for Harold McGee

Sheila Dillon is joined by Harold McGee to answer your food science questions.

Harold McGee is fascinated by what we are actually doing to our food wh…

11 years ago

Redemption through Food

Redemption through food. Sheila Dillon brings you her selection of inspirational stories from The Food Programme in 2014.

Ken Hom tells Sheila how foo…

11 years ago

Feeding Britain

Feeding Britain - The story of one shop in South Yorkshire which is changing the way we think about food waste and food poverty. A year ago the Commu…

11 years, 1 month ago

Cookbooks of 2014

A review of cookbooks and food writing of 2014. Sheila Dillon is joined to discuss the year in books by Allan Jenkins, editor of Observer Food Monthl…

11 years, 1 month ago

A Bronx Food Tale

New York's south Bronx is still one of the city's most deprived areas; low incomes, unemployment and health problems abound. In the 1970's it capture…

11 years, 1 month ago

Get Ahead Treats for Christmas

Sheila Dillon invites Diana Henry to provide a guide to an Eastern Christmas. With experts Bee Wilson and Sally Butcher on hand, Diana looks at 'get …

11 years, 1 month ago

Terra Madre

Food stories from across the world. Dan Saladino travels to Terra Madre 2014 in Turin. It is a global movement of farmers and food producers which at…

11 years, 2 months ago

Mushrooms

From the king oyster to the not-so-humble button, Dan Saladino discovers a world of mushrooms, grown for food - and follows the spores to reveal the …

11 years, 2 months ago

Tom Jaine

Sheila Dillon talks to the publisher, writer and restaurateur Tom Jaine about his life. From his early days at 'The Hole in the Wall' in Bath to cust…

11 years, 2 months ago

Women in the Kitchen

Sheila Dillon looks at the state of play for female chefs in the professional kitchen. She talks to Alice Waters, Sally Clarke, Margot Henderson and …

11 years, 2 months ago