91福利社 Radio 4 - The Food Programme

The Food Programme Podcast

Investigating every aspect of the food we eat

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine

Sun 5 Feb 2012

Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?
The Trouble with Chocolate

Sun 29 Jan 2012

Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.
Generation Food

Sun 22 Jan 2012

A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.
London 2012, Coke and McDonalds

Sun 15 Jan 2012

Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012.
Food Stories: What Happened Next?

Sun 8 Jan 2012

Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.
New Year's Food Quiz

New Year's Day 2012

Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.
The Food Quiz

Christmas Day 2011

Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival
Gin and Botanicals

Sun 18 Dec 2011

Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.
The Price of Food

Sun 11 Dec 2011

Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat.
Britain's best food markets

Sun 4 Dec 2011

Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards
Britain's best food producers

Sun 27 Nov 2011

Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the 91福利社 Food and Farming Awards 2011
A Special (Food) Relationship

Sun 20 Nov 2011

Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.
Future Food

Sun 13 Nov 2011

Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.
Into the Wild

Sun 6 Nov 2011

Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.
Palm Oil

Sun 30 Oct 2011

A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil?
The Calorie

Sun 23 Oct 2011

Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet.
Pickling and Preserving

Sun 16 Oct 2011

Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food.
Los Angeles Street Food

Sun 9 Oct 2011

Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin
Beer - Trouble Brewing?

Sun 2 Oct 2011

As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled.
Food ads and children

Sun 25 Sep 2011

Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children.
The Honey Business

Sun 18 Sep 2011

Sheila Dillon takes a look behind the scenes of the honey industry.
Food Poverty

Sun 11 Sep 2011

Simon Parkes reveals a Britain in which hunger and hard food choices are all too real.
Food Icons: George Perry-Smith

Sun 4 Sep 2011

The story and legacy of the maverick, self taught, legendary chef George Perry-Smith.
Kitchen Designers

Sun 28 Aug 2011

A special edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen looking at the history of kitchen design.
Food Icons: Major Patrick Rance

Sun 21 Aug 2011

In a series on people who've changed the way we eat, The Food Programme profiles Pat Rance
Scotland's Food Policy

Sun 14 Aug 2011

With Sheila Dillon. A look at Scotland's first ever national food policy.
Mario Cassandro

Sun 7 Aug 2011

Sheila Dillon looks at the life of Mario Cassandro, a man who re-invented the restaurant.
Yeast

Sun 31 Jul 2011

A global commodity, and now part of a food revival. Sheila Dillon on the wonders of yeast.
School Food

Sun 24 Jul 2011

Sheila Dillon follows two schools as they attempt to transform the way their pupils eat.
Emergency Food

Sun 17 Jul 2011

Sheila Dillon investigates how emergency foods are made for disasters, droughts and wars.