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The Food Programme Episodes

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    The best of British food and farming.... the search begins

    Sheila Dillon, Richard Corrigan and Valentine Warner launch the BBC Food & Farming Awards.

  2. 100 years of Elizabeth David

    Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward on the legacy of Elizabeth David, 100 years after her birth.

  3. Nutmeg: The Smell of Christmas?

    For Nigel Slater, nutmeg is 'the scent of Christmas', but Sheila Dillon needs convincing.

  4. Fish & Chips

    Sheila Dillon explores a renaissance in the great British fish and chip shop.

  5. Bovril

    Lesley Steinitz explains the pioneering story of Bovril - a very beefy love affair.

  6. Alice Waters, a Delicious Revolution

    Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her food story with Sheila Dillon.

  7. Cook Books

    Ahead of the Christmas shopping season, a review of 2013's best and worst cook books.

  8. Why is Grimsby's smoked fish special?

    Sheila Dillon investigates the impact of PGI status on Grimsby traditional smoked fish.

  9. The Sugarman of Brazil

    The incredible story of one farmer who is trying to change the way we produce our food.

  10. Horsemeat - a Food Programme update

    Sheila Dillon asks why no one has been prosecuted following on from the horsemeat scandal.

  11. Restaurant Reviews

    With an abundance of different restaurant reviews, Sheila Dillon asks who we can trust.

  12. Cider: Britain's Most Misunderstood Drink?

    Drinks writer Pete Brown explains why bottles of cider should be on the UK's dinner tables

  13. The Great British Hop

    Can there really be only 60 hop farmers left in the UK? Miles Warde finds out.

  14. Cook Slow, Cook Fast

    Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of cooks using slow and pressure cookers.

  15. The School Food Plan

    Sheila Dillon investigates the new School Food Plan and asks if it can make real change.

  16. A Quiet Food Revolution: The Story of Myrtle and Darina Allen

    How two women, Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking.

  17. Booze-free Bars

    Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the new breed of non-alcoholic bars.

  18. The Future of Street Food

    Can street food change the world? Richard Johnson on new ideas unfolding around the world.

  19. DIY Food

    Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands.

  20. In Praise of Bacon

    Hardeep Singh Kohli's personal plea to the nation to reflect on a food of wonder: bacon.

  21. Feeding the Detectives

    Dan Saladino looks at how food has increasingly become a big ingredient in crime fiction.

  22. A World Stage for Food and Music

    How cooks from 12 countries gathered to share food and music on stage at Womad.

  23. The Banana - fascinating history, uncertain future

    Sheila Dillon asks why the future of the UK's most popular fruit, the banana, is uncertain

  24. Skint Foodies

    Sheila Dillon meets the cooks who've specialised in making great food on very low incomes.

  25. Rethinking Veganism

    How a new generation is rethinking and embracing a meat and dairy free diet.

  26. Valentine Warner and Magnus Nilsson's Food Exchange, Part 2

    Magnus Nilsson and Valentine Warner fish the lakes of Sweden's Jamtland for wild trout.

  27. Valentine Warner and Magnus Nilsson's Food Exchange

    Valentine Warner and chef Magnus Nilsson swap food stories. In part one, British wild boar

  28. Butter, a delicious story of decline and revival

    Sheila Dillon meets a new generation of producers making butter special again.

  29. Food, game changers and career movers

    A look at the award winners who leaving high flying careers to follow their food passions.

  30. The chocolate world of Mott Green

    The story of Mott Green, Grenadian cocoa farmer, who tried to change the chocolate world.

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