Podcast Episodes

Inside the Kitchens of Power

Why is cheese essential when the German Chancellor comes for dinner? For millennia, international relations have been massaged by the chefs working i…

9 years, 10 months ago

Beauty from Within?

This week we're looking at what happens when the worlds of food and beauty collide. The BBC's Emily Thomas explores how the market for nutricosmetics…

9 years, 10 months ago

Can Cheese Help Save an Economy?

The BBC’s Dan Saladino takes a journey on a newly built road through the remote mountains of the country’s north in search of a slice of mishavin che…

9 years, 10 months ago

Plough Your Own Furrow?

The British people have voted to quit the European Union. That would leave the UK once again in charge of its own agricultural and fisheries policy –…

9 years, 11 months ago

Mind your Manners

It's not what you eat, but the way that you eat it on this week's The Food Chain. As people are exposed to cuisines from all over the world, we ask i…

9 years, 11 months ago

Seeds, Syrup and Subversion

A rebel grandmother faces losing her livelihood after smuggling maple syrup in Canada, a Vermont gardener stocks fridges full of seeds, an artist pla…

9 years, 11 months ago

Faster Food

As the Olympic torch edges closer to Rio, we explore how food can make you a better athlete. We start in Brazil where we meet the man responsible for…

9 years, 11 months ago

Extreme Farming

How has one of the world’s smallest countries become one of its biggest food producers?

This week we visit a tiny nation responsible for the second l…

10 years ago

Is Junk Food the New Smoking?

We know that both smoking and obesity can contribute to an early death. In fact health professionals are now telling us that junk food is even worse …

10 years ago

Fish Fight

Fish are a vital source of protein around the world, but there are ever more fishermen chasing ever fewer fish. Most wild fisheries are at, or near, …

10 years ago