Podcast Episodes

Making care home food better

The quality of food in care homes for the elderly can be underwhelming. Ruth Alexander talks to the people highlighting the issue and finding ways to…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Garlic: Food or medicine?

From ancient Egyptian pyramid builders to French chefs, garlic has been prized, feared, and even used to ward off evil. In this episode, Rumella Dasg…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

The anti-dementia diet

The World Health Organisation says close to 60 million people are living with dementia; and there are 10 million new cases every year. But could what…

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Eating well with dementia

Dementia is a syndrome associated with a decline of brain function that can affect memory, thought processes and behaviour. In some cases this can im…

10 months ago

India's caste system and food

Something as simple as sharing a meal or utensils can carry social stigma for the millions born into the bottom of India’s caste system, a social str…

10 months, 1 week ago

A place at the table: fostering and adoption

What’s at stake when a child has their first meal in a new home?

For children entering care, especially those who have faced food insecurity, that fi…

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Protein v fibre

Protein is a health and fitness buzzword – plastered on packaging, prioritised in diets and praised by fitness influencers. But is our preoccupation …

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Video game food

It can be the difference between life and death for your character, signal you’re on a hostile planet or in a sumptuous world, or can even give you t…

11 months ago

The story of your plate

What can we tell about a society from the plates, bowls and cups it uses?

In this programme Ruth Alexander learns about the history of pottery, from …

11 months, 1 week ago

Thai food: Winning hearts and minds

Love Thai food? It might be thanks to a two-decade long policy on the part of the government of Thailand to promote its food culture abroad, with the…

11 months, 2 weeks ago