Podcast Episodes

Comfort Food

In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role does food play in giving comfort?

Producer: Sara Parker.

13 years, 11 months ago

Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine

Meat-free cooking is in the spotlight. High-profile food writers are devoting books to delicious meatless food, and there are established restaurants…

13 years, 11 months ago

The Trouble with Chocolate

The trouble with chocolate. Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a challenging future.

Producer: Maggie Ayre.

13 years, 11 months ago

Generation Food

Generation Food. The Food Programme hears from the people coming up with new ideas and fresh thinking about how and where we produce food for the UK'…

13 years, 11 months ago

London 2012, Coke and McDonalds

Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012 and explores the history of food and athletics from the first London…

14 years ago

Food Stories: What Happened Next?

Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.

Producer: Rich Ward.

14 years ago

New Year's Food Quiz

Tim Hayward and The Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge in pursuit of fun and gastronomic curiosity.

Recorded in fron…

14 years ago

The Food Quiz

Nowhere else will you find a programme that juggles Elvis Presley's culinary history, questions over the origins of a 1970's crisp brand, references …

14 years ago

Gin and Botanicals

Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin. And hears how a new generation of distillers is testing the bo…

14 years ago

The Price of Food

Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat. From increases in food related crime to shortages of ingredients…

14 years, 1 month ago