Podcast Episodes

Food in the life of Sir Paul McCartney

Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. More than thirty years since becoming a vegetarian he reflects …

12 years, 11 months ago

Horsemeat and the Irish burger scandal

Ireland's horsemeat burger scandal makes the guarantees on traceability and product standards by some supermarkets look unreliable. The discovery may…

12 years, 11 months ago

Traffic light labels

Traffic light labelling - whether red lights will stop us eating bad foods. Sheila Dillon investigates whether this year's change in food labelling w…

13 years ago

From Our Own Food Correspondent

Sheila Dillon presents a special New Year, "From our Own Food Correspondent" with stories from China, France, Italy, Britain and the United States th…

13 years ago

The cocktail, old and new

Dan Saladino explores the cocktail, a story which begins with 18th century Indian punch and keeps on evolving with new wave flavours being developed …

13 years ago

Christmas Necessary Pleasures

Christmas Necessary Pleasures - Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their favourite Christmas foods.

Jamie Oliver, Angela Hartnett a…

13 years ago

Cheap Veg

Cheap veg - the surprising stories behind humble British vegetables. Sheila Dillon enlists three experts to uncover the hidden side of our veggies.

E…

13 years, 1 month ago

09/12/2012

Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths and how increasingly churches, temples and mosques are being tasked with feeding peopl…

13 years, 1 month ago

A Winning Meal - The BBC Food Awards menu

A Winning Meal - the menu behind the Food and Farming Awards. Chef, Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind a celebratory meal created using ingre…

13 years, 1 month ago

Rethinking the hot dog

Originally the street food of German immigrants to the United States, the hot dog was the original artisan sausage in the late nineteenth century bef…

13 years, 1 month ago