Food Programme
Investigating every aspect of the food we eat
Food Programme - 02/09/2007
As the game season starts, Sheila Dillon investigates grouse and pheasant with the help of countryman and writer Johnny Scott.
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Food Programme - 02/12/2007
Sheila Dillon hosts the eighth BBC Food and Farming Awards ceremony at Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery. Rick Stein and Paul Rankin are among the guests.
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Food Programme - 03/06/2007
Sheila Dillon goes fishing with a diver who hand-picks scallops off the Devon coast. She asks what the Government should be considering for the Marine Bill.
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Food Programme - 03/10/2010
Sheila Dillon looks at some of the latest developments in airline food, including innovative producers from the north east of Britain winning contracts to supply leading airlines.
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Food Programme - 03/12/2007
As this year's winners of the Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards celebrate their success, Sheila Dillon hears from those who won last year.
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Food Programme - 04/03/2007
Sheila Dillon explores the tradition of orange growing in Sicily, and finds out why the unusual citrus varieties found close to Mount Etna could save a struggling industry.
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Food Programme - 04/06/2007
Sheila Dillon goes fishing with a diver who hand-picks scallops off the Devon coast. She asks what the Government should be considering for the Marine Bill.
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Food Programme - 04/11/2007
The programme comes from Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, where food historian Ivan Day and Sheila Dillon uncover a treasure trove of culinary history.
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Food Programme - 05/08/2007
Sheila Dillon investigates the British love affair with farmers' markets and asks to what extent they have remained true to their original values and ideas.
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Food Programme - 06/01/2008
Sheila Dillon celebrates the art of eking out and reusing leftovers.
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Food Programme - 06/05/2007
Sheila Dillon finds out what has happened to school catering in the wake of Jamie Oliver's scathing criticism and acclaimed TV series.
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Food Programme - 07/05/2007
Sheila Dillon finds out what has happened to school catering in the wake of Jamie Oliver's scathing criticism and acclaimed TV series.
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Food Programme - 07/10/2007
Simon Parkes profiles Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at London's City University and former director of the London Food Commission.
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Food Programme - 08/04/2007
Sheila Dillon visits Brymore School of Rural Technology, a unique agricultural state boarding school. But is a farming education relevant in today's declining rural economy?
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Food Programme - 08/07/2007
The plight of the honeybee is the focus in this edition. A commercial beekeeper in Pennsylvania, USA, was the first to discover what's being called 'colony collapse disorder'.
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Food Programme - 09/09/2007
Sheila Dillon explores sweet and sour, one of the most enduring flavour combinations, from exotic Thai recipes through to the Italian version called agro-dolce.
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Food Programme - 09/12/2007
The food magazine explores Mexican cuisine, with reports from a food market and restaurant in Wahaca in Mexico, a chilli farm in England and a Mexican restaurant in London.
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Food Programme - 10/06/2007
Sheila Dillon traces the roots of Italian cuisine in the UK, from the restaurant pioneers of the 1950s to the Michelin-starred dishes of Giorgio Locatelli.
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Food Programme - 11/02/2007
How do you introduce youngsters to the importance of good food? Sheila Dillon explores two schemes. One in the United States and the other in Scotland.
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Food Programme - 11/03/2007
Sheila Dillon reports from the North Highlands on a food venture inspired by the Prince of Wales and his initiative to boost the economy of the region.
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Food Programme - 11/06/2007
Sheila Dillon traces the roots of Italian cuisine in the UK, from the restaurant pioneers of the 1950s to the Michelin-starred dishes of Giorgio Locatelli.
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Food Programme - 11/11/2007
Sheila Dillon talks to Prof Sidney Mintz about the history of sugar. She investigates the effects of the withdrawal of price support on the Caribbean economy.
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Food Programme - 12/08/2007
Sheila Dillon explores explores the food of Bengal. What happened to food production and supply during and after Partition?
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Food Programme - 13/05/2007
What should we eat as we get older? Senior citizens, nutritionists and decision-makers discuss the best diet for our later years.
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Food Programme - 14/05/2007
What should we eat as we get older? Senior citizens, nutritionists and decision-makers discuss the best diet for our later years.
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Food Programme - 14/10/2007
Henry Dimbleby reports from the Meze Festival in Lebanon and Anissa Helou joins Sheila Dillon in the studio to discuss the origin of meze and how it has stood the test of time.
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Food Programme - 15/04/2007
Sheila Dillion investigates the problem of food fraud and meets the scientists who are coming up with new ways of catching out the cheats.
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Food Programme - 15/07/2007
Sheila Dillon follows a group of small producers showcasing their wares at the New York Fancy Food Festival - one of the biggest events of its kind.
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Food Programme - 16/09/2007
Sheila Dillon explores the current proliferation of food festivals and asks what purpose they serve. Are they simply a nice day out, or can they regenerate local economies?
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Food Programme - 16/12/2007
Sheila Dillon visits Vienna's Christkindlmarkt to compare the European Christmas market to its British counterpart.
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Food Programme - 17/06/2007
Sheila Dillon explores the food culture of the Shetland Islands. In the run-up to their annual Flavour of Shetland festival, she samples local quality produce.
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Food Programme - 18/02/2007
Sheila Dillon asks what ancient forms of intensive farming can teach us today, and hears about a unique form of rotational aquaculture practised in the Dombes region of France.
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Food Programme - 18/11/2007
Sheila Dillon explores casino food. She finds out which gamblers get to eat for free and looks inside a casino kitchen, where luxury ingredients are kept under lock and key.
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Food Programme - 19/08/2007
Sheila Dillon dissects our national loaf. How is most bread made, and what goes into it? And is the time ripe for a new real bread campaign?
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Food Programme - 20/01/2008
Sheila Dillon examines the enduring appeal and versatility of iconic brands such as Heinz Tomato Ketchup, Colman's Mustard and Marmite.
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Food Programme - 20/05/2007
Sheila Dillon visits The National Fruit Collections in Brogdale, Kent, the largest collection of fruit trees in the world. Questions are being asked over the site's future.
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Food Programme - 21/05/2007
Sheila Dillon visits The National Fruit Collections in Brogdale, Kent, the largest collection of fruit trees in the world. Questions are being asked over the site's future.
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Food Programme - 21/10/2007
Sheila Dillon asks whether it is possible for the major supermarket chains to offer locally sourced food.
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Food Programme - 22/07/2007
Andrew Jefford visits Bulgaria to explore the increasingly popular Eastern European wine industry.
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Food Programme - 23/09/2007
Simon Parkes profiles Chris Haskins, farmer, former company chairman and adviser to the Blair government on food production and the food retail sector.
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Food Programme - 23/12/2007
Sheila Dillon meets the young British chocolatiers who are revolutionising the feel and flavour of chocolate.
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Food Programme - 24/06/2007
Andrew Jefford visits China to explore its centuries-old tea culture. He meets tea millionaires and samples some of the finest brands in the world, including 80-year-old vintages.
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Food Programme - 25/02/2007
In the second of two programmes exploring ways of introducing children to fine food, Sheila Dillon visits the football club in Scotland that's scored a hit with its new eating plan.
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Food Programme - 25/03/2007
Sheila Dillon finds out about the science of maturation and transformation in foods and drink. Andrew Jefford and Oz Clarke join the tasting of a beer of a unique vintage.
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Food Programme - 25/11/2007
Sheila Dillon and studio guests review the best of this year's books on food and food preparation. They offer some mouth-watering ideas for Christmas presents.
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Food Programme - 26/08/2007
Sheila Dillon looks at the impact of the recent floods on food supplies. She hears the stories of those who have been directly affected and explores the wider questions.
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Food Programme - 27/01/2008
Sheila Dillon presents the food magazine. She explores the world of food sold over the internet and gets some tips on how to shop for food online.
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Food Programme - 27/05/2007
Sheila Dillon investigates the pursuit of a sustainable fishing policy and examines its implications for fishermen, food processors and retailers.
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Food Programme - 28/05/2007
Sheila Dillon investigates the pursuit of a sustainable fishing policy and examines its implications for fishermen, food processors and retailers.
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Food Programme - 28/10/2007
In Tanzania, farmers on Mount Kilimanjaro are improving the quality of their beans. But do they get a good deal from fair trade? Presented by Sheila Dillon.
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Food Programme - 28/12/2008
The series investigating the world of food and the stories behind what we eat, presented by Sheila Dillon.
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Food Programme - 29/01/2007
Programme exploring all aspects of food and the food industry, with Sheila Dillon.
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Food Programme - 29/04/2007
The food magazine investigates the premium brands of major retailers. What are the stories behind the labels on the shelves of every supermarket?
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Food Programme - 29/07/2007
Sheila Dillon asks if we eat better, will we age better? Along with the findings from the Nutrition Society's meeting, a GP in Scotland gives his prescription for healthy living.
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Food Programme - 30/04/2007
The food magazine investigates the premium brands of major retailers. What are the stories behind the labels on the shelves of every supermarket?
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Food Programme - 30/09/2007
Simon Parkes profiles Prue Leith, celebrated cook, writer, businesswoman and champion of healthy eating.
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Food Programme - 30/12/2007
Food writers, chefs and producers reveal their secret passions for favourite dishes, methods of preparation and how food is served.
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Food Programme - 30th Anniversary
The Food Programme marks its 30th anniversary with some of the people who have changed the way we think about food.
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Food Programme - 30th Anniversary: Business
As pioneering businesses grow, can they maintain their original ideals? Sheila Dillon presents.
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Food Programme - African Food Security
Sheila Dillon presents the food magazine. She reports from a project in Ethiopia in which farmers are rising to the challenge of boosting agricultural productivity.
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Food Programme - Alternative Christmas Cakes
Panettone and chocolate logs - Sheila Dillon embraces two of the newer cakes to grace our Christmas tables and ponders just how traditional they really are.
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Food Programme - Amateur Food Photography
In the second programme about food photography, Sheila Dillon explores the world of the amateur and marvels at the photos Food Programme listeners have sent in.
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Food Programme - Anchovies
Rowley Leigh explains why the anchovy is one of the greatest ingredients. From the dishes of ancient Rome to classic British fare, he chronicles the influence of this humble fish.
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Food Programme - Angela Hartnett's Best Producer Meal
Angela Hartnett stirs up a hearty winter's meal for Sheila Dillon using ingredients from the 2010 Best Producer finalists - a baker, a dairy farmer and a condiments maker.
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Food Programme - Awards Extras
The 2009 Food and Farming Awards judges, including, Mark Hix and Alex James tour the UK visiting the winners and finalists.
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Food Programme - Beetroot and Health Legislation
Sheila Dillon reports on the food industry's reaction to the EU's shake-up of health claims for different functional foods. Is it trying to impose too much control?
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Food Programme - Belfast Food Tour
Sheila Dillon takes a culinary food walk in Belfast, where peace and a handful of trailblazing chefs, have sparked a revolution in the city's restaurant and food culture.
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Food Programme - Berries
The berry season is upon us, and with blueberries now more popular than raspberries, Sheila Dillon examines the changing fortunes of different berries. What's in and what's out?
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Food Programme - Best Drinks Producer, Food & Farming Awards
A distiller, a brewer and a cider maker - but who will be the first winner of the Food and Farming Awards Best Drinks Producer Award? Oz Clarke joins Sheila Dillon to reveal all.
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Food Programme - Branding
Branding. Brands - do you love them, buy them or hate them? Sheila Dillon asks if local farms use them just as smartly as multinational food corporations.
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Food Programme - Bread Skills
Most British bread is highly processed and packed with additives, but all over the country enthusiastic bakers are working to bring back 'real' artisan bread. Sheila Dillon reports.
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Food Programme - Britalian Food
Sheila Dillon investigates the businesses in the UK producing ingredients usually only found abroad, including mozzarella.
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Food Programme - Brogdale
Sheila Dillon explores Brogdale in Kent, home of the National Fruit Collection, as it branches out to create its own food hub.
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Food Programme - Butchery
Sheila Dillon finds out why so many butchers' shops have closed down in recent years. She explores apprenticeship schemes that aim to reintroduce some long-forgotten skills.
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Food Programme - Can Britain become self sufficient?
Can Britain become self-sufficient? Sheila Dillon discusses some of the issues raised by the story of the 600 people in Fife who have been living only on locally produced food.
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Food Programme - Cheese
Sheila Dillon investigates the production of British farmhouse cheeses and their extraordinary revival in popularity.
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Food Programme - Chefs' Choices Number 1: Indian Meat Pickle
Chef Cyrus Todiwala, acclaimed for his creative Indian cuisine, gets to work with spices, herbs and his very own Indian meat pickle.
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Food Programme - Chefs' Choices Number 2: Cauliflowers
The Cauliflower has fallen from culinary grace in recent years, eclipsed by its superfood cousin broccoli. Middle Eastern chef Yotam Ottolenghi brings it back in from the cold.
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Food Programme - Chefs' Choices Number 3: Raspberries
Chefs' Choices No 3: Raspberries. Chef and food writer Jeremy Lee explains why raspberries are his favourite fruit and meets growers, processors and breeders in his native Scotland.
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Food Programme - Chefs' Choices Number 4: Lemongrass
Raymond Blanc explains how travelling to Thailand and Malaysia led to a culinary love affair with lemon grass and his plans to grow a south-east Asian garden.
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Food Programme - Cherries
Sheila Dillon reports on the most English of summer fruits. Cherry orchards have been disappearing at an alarming rate over the past 50 years, but has the tide finally turned?
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Food Programme - Chips
Sheila Dillon explores changing fashions in the fried potato, from the Bruges chip museum to the 150th anniversary of fish and chips.
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Food Programme - Cider
Sheila Dillon explores the history of cider, explores the theory that English cider makers invented the 'method champenoise' and asks what goes into our cider, besides apples.
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Food Programme - City Food Lecture
How to feed a world of nine billion people? Simon Parkes reports from the City Food Lecture where Sir David King spells out his vision for how we can meet that challenge.
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Food Programme - Coffee
During the recession British drinkers traded up to more expensive, higher quality coffee. Sheila Dillon asks why, and what exactly is it that we're now pouring into our daily cup?
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Food Programme - Cuba
Sheila Dillon finds out what Cuban agriculture's years of experimentation with self sufficiency, organics and sustainable agriculture can teach the UK.
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Food Programme - Cut Price Fruit
Do recent supermarket price wars over bananas and discounts on pineapples damage workers at the other end of the supply chain? Sheila Dillon finds out.
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Food Programme - Diet and Prostate Cancer
Sheila Dillon examines the latest findings suggesting a link between diet and prostate cancer. Featuring an audio diary from food campaigner Geoff Tansey.
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Food Programme - Duck Shoots
As the duck shooting season begins and consumption climbs steadily towards Christmas, Sheila Dillon investigates the culinary value and welfare conditions of wild and farmed duck.
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Food Programme - EAT! Newcastle
A mad hatter's tea party, a flash mob picnic, a sausage-making party and some DIY molecular gastronomy are some of the events Sheila Dillon samples at community food festival EAT!
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Food Programme - Egon Ronay
Peter Bazalgette reflects on the life and legacy of the food critic Egon Ronay who recently died. Why was a Hungrian émigré so driven to try and change food in Britain?
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Food Programme - Elvers
Elvers: Formerly a cheap and popular dish, the elver is now in short supply. Sheila Dillon finds out what is being done to protect this precious and shrinking resource.
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Food Programme - English Sparkling Wine
Andrew Jefford investigates the growing popularity and quality of English sparkling wine and finds out how it matches up to its French counterpart champagne.
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Food Programme - Essex Co-op
From farm gate to the school plate and to the high-end restaurant menu, Sheila Dillon looks at the farmers' co-operative that is supplying quality organic produce from Essex.
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Food Programme - Farming on the Urban Fringe
John Waite looks at the problems and opportunities faced by farmers who work on the fringes of towns, and finds out about some schemes bringing the two closer together.
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Food Programme - Feasts
What is the purpose of feasting? Sir Roy Strong analyses the historical functions of feasts, and Sheila Dillon finds out why cooking made us human and allowed us to feast.
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Food Programme - Fife
The programme goes to Fife to see how people there have been faring in the past year, when hundreds of them have been living only on food that has been locally produced.
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Food Programme - Fish Training
Fish Training: The UK market for fish has almost doubled in 10 years, but many of us do not know how to choose or prepare fresh fish. Sheila Dillon explores the training on offer.
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Food Programme - Food and Art
How are today's artists confronting that perennial of art, food? Sheila Dillon visits two exhibitions to find out.
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Food Programme - Food and Drink Expo 2010
How is the food industry changing its approach to get closer to its customers? Sheila Dillon explores the future at the Food and Drink Expo 2010.
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Food Programme - Food and Farming Awards
Sheila Dillon hosts the ninth Food and Farming Awards, held at the NEC in Birmingham. Angela Hartnett and Jamie Oliver are among the guests.
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Food Programme - Food and Film
Sheila Dillon asks why food has become such a popular subject for film makers. She hears from directors of hard-hitting documentaries as well as films about gastronomy.
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Food Programme - Food and Music
Sheila Dillon explores the connection between two of life's pleasures - food and music. What do international stars, from rock groups to operatic tenors, eat before a performance?
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Food Programme - Food and Photography
Sheila Dillon explores the world of commercial food photography. Do they really use mashed potato instead of ice-cream?
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Food Programme - Food Critics
Sheila Dillon asks whether the future belongs to food bloggers or restaurant critics. With more reviews and opinions online, what is the role of the traditional newspaper critic?
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Food Programme - Food Memoir
A whole new crop of food writing has appeared on the bookshop shelves in recent years. The food memoir gives a life story through food. Simon Parkes explores its popularity.
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Food Programme - Food Myths
Sheila Dillon delves into the popular myths and false assumptions about some of our traditional fare and uncovers some surprises about some of the UK's best-loved dishes.
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Food Programme - Food Waste
Richard Johnson investigates food waste created by restaurants and the food industry. Millions of tonnes of food are sent to landfill each year, but what are the alternatives?
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Food Programme - Food Writing 2010
Sheila Dillon traces the legacy of Elizabeth David's more scholarly work and reviews food writing in 2010 with Tim Hayward, Jason Lowe and Anne Dolamore.
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Food Programme - Forgotten Christmas Meals
Sheila Dillon and food historian Ivan Day join a family of keen cooks to prepare a feast of extraordinary, and forgotten, Christmas meals.
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Food Programme - Gadgets
Sheila Dillon, with the help of some famous food lovers, hears about their favourite kitchen gadgets.
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Food Programme - Goat Meat and Kid
Sheila Dillon visits Chris and Sharon Peacock at their farm in Cockerham, Lancashire, where the couple are planning to expand their herd of 300 Boer goats.
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Food Programme - Guilty Pleasures
Sheila Dillon celebrates guilty culinary pleasures. Food writer and gardener Lynda Brown sings the praises of the doughnut and chef Fergus Henderson extols the virtues of dripping.
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Food Programme - Halal
Sheila Dillon looks at the growing demand for halal meat in Britain and how the meat industry is responding to this growing market.
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Food Programme - Hops
English hops are enjoying a renaissance thanks to new varieties, greater demand for 'hoppy' ales and the incredible growth in micro breweries. Sheila Dillon samples some new ales.
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Food Programme - Hungry Cities
How will we feed the cities of the future? Sheila Dillon is joined by architect and author Carolyn Steel, who explains how food has shaped cities over the centuries.
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Food Programme - Ice Cream
Sheila Dillon takes a close look at the seemingly recession-proof ice cream market, worth a billion pounds a year.
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Food Programme - Icelandic Food
Richard Johnson finds out about the impact of the global economic crisis on food in Iceland and finds out how Icelanders are adjusting their diets to the new economic reality.
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Food Programme - Indigenous Veg
Africa is losing many of its traditional indigenous vegetables, displaced by 'exotic' introductions such as cabbage, kale and carrots. Does it matter? Sheila Dillon finds out.
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Food Programme - Jake's Sustainable Fish
Is eating fish sustainable? Artist Jake Tilson's exploration of eels convinced him to stop eating them. Would his visit to the Seafood Choices Summit in Paris make fish taboo?
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Food Programme - Jelly
Jellies are undergoing a makeover. Those lurid horrors relegated to the children's table are being superseded by grown-up delights, reclaimed from our noble jelly-making past.
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Food Programme - Lamb
Dominic Pierce hears from a pioneering sheep farmer who overcame the problems of low prices and foot and mouth by selling her meat direct to some of the nation's leading chefs.
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Food Programme - Lapland & the World's Greatest Chef
Danish chef Rene Redzepi of Noma, the 'world's best restaurant', forages for food in Lapland and London.
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Food Programme - Larchfield Community
Sheila Dillon joins the Larchfield Community to mark the approach of Spring and Easter. Farm and home to adults with learning disabilities, food is at the heart of community life.
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Food Programme - Local Food Networks
Some local communities are challenging the supremacy of the supermarkets by setting up their own farms. Sheila Dillon visits such enterprises in the USA and in Britain.
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Food Programme - Lyme Bay and Shellfish
Sheila Dillon investigates developing trends in the shellfish trade, plus its sustainability, and asks why we don't make more use of molluscs and bivalves in Britain.
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Food Programme - Mark Hix in Transylvania
Chef Mark Hix travels to Transylvania to help revive a disappearing food culture. From cheese making shepherds to pickle producers, he meets the people improving food in Romania.
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Food Programme - Markets
Bury and Newham, East London, have very different but thriving markets. Sheila Dillon finds out how have they do it and where markets sit in the current food retail landscape.
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Food Programme - Miami Super Bowl
Richard Johnson's in Miami to hear the food story behind Super Bowl. It's second only to Thanksgiving in terms of how much food America consumes in one day. But what's being eaten?
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Food Programme - Micro Dairies
With milk cheaper than mineral water, dairy farmers have been going out of business at the rate of two a day. Might downsizing be the way forward?
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Food Programme - Milk and Dairy
The series investigating the world of food and the stories behind what we eat. What has to happen to make milk profitable for farmers?
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Food Programme - Museum Food
John Waite explores the revolution in museum food. Stewed tea and rock cakes have given way to stylish bars and restaurants. So how has this change come about?
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Food Programme - Mussels and Other Seafood
Sheila Dillon reports on growing mussels in Shetland and the health experts' view on seafood, cholesterol and Omega 3.
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Food Programme - Mutton
The series investigating the world of food and the stories behind what we eat. Sheila Dillon investigates whether or not mutton still has an image problem.
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Food Programme - New Covent Garden and Rungis
As New Covent Garden market looks to reinvent itself along the lines of Rungis in Paris, Sheila Dillon crosses the Channel to explore what makes a capital food market successful.
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Food Programme - New Orleans
Sheila Dillon visits the city, world famous for its food, to see the work underway to restore its farms and markets after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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Food Programme - New World Cheese
Sheila Dillon hears how an Australian campaigner risked being jailed over raw milk cheese.
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Food Programme - Newcastle's Secret Pop-Up Restaurants
Newcastle's secret paladares. Four cooks from four different countries - Cuba, Bosnia, Pakistan and Colombia - open up their homes to serve food to complete strangers.
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Food Programme - Nigel Slater
Sheila Dillon and Nigel Slater cook the perfect meal from the ingredients produced by Food and Farming Award Best Producer finalists.
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Food Programme - Northern Apples
In celebration of the Northern Pomona - Simon Parkes visits the orchards, and meets the people, trying to preserve and regenerate the unique apple culture of Yorkshire.
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Food Programme - Northern Ireland and "Focus on Food"
Northern Ireland's new Focus on Food policy is putting food at the heart of economic growth. But will that be quality food, or cheap commodities? Sheila Dillon visits to find out.
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Food Programme - Off Licences
Sheila Dillon asks if there is a future for the high street off licence, following the collapse of First Quench, the company behind Threshers, Victoria Wine and Bottoms Up.
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Food Programme - Olympics
Sheila Dillon finds out how the 2012 Olympics is already changing food in Britain, with ambitous plans afoot for the meal breaks of thousands of construction workers.
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Food Programme - Omega 3
According to scientists, we need to boost our intake of omega 3 fatty acids, but can we trust health claims on packages? Sheila Dillon explores the issues.
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Food Programme - Omega 6
Sheila Dillon finds out how Omega 6 has come to dominate the Western diet and why it matters.
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Food Programme - Organic Food
With economic turbulence unfolding around the globe, Sheila Dillon asks if organic food will fall victim to current events.
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Food Programme - Outdoor Cooking
As the sun continues to blaze, Sheila Dillon considers the ups and downs of outdoor cooking with author of The Camping Cookbook, Annie Bell.
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Food Programme - Oysters
Hardeep Singh Kohli celebrates the oyster, a delicacy dating from Roman times. Once considered food for the poor, years of over-fishing have elevated the oyster to luxury status.
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Food Programme - Parmesan
Celebrity chef Angela Hartnett goes in search of the perfect Parmesan cheese.
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Food Programme - Pasta
Sheila Dillon looks behind the scenes of the world's largest and smallest pasta factories. It's a difficult time as wheat prices are high and so competition for grain is fierce.
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Food Programme - Pears
Sophie Grigson presents the food magazine. She explains why pears are the perfect fruit.
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Food Programme - Pies and PDOs
Sheila Dillon investigates the award of Protected Designation of Origin status, or PDOs, which limits where pies can be made.
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Food Programme - Pigs
What are the forces that have enabled cheap pork to flood UK supermarkets? Sheila Dillon finds out.
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Food Programme - Polar Diaries
Revisiting two audio food diaries recorded in the north and south poles in 2002.
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Food Programme - Pollan and Nutritionism
Sheila Dillon speaks to the author and food campaigner Michael Pollan about the ideas in his book, In Defence of Food, and his concept of 'nutritionism'.
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Food Programme - Pop Up London
Sheila Dillon finds out how a 1930s block of flats is connected to the pop-up dining scene now spreading through the city, as part of the Radio 4 season London: Another Country?
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Food Programme - Pork
James Martin visits Hampshire. He meets small-scale pig producer Martin Martindale and learns about the bio-dynamic approach to farming used by former racing driver Jody Scheckter.
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Food Programme - Pork Scratchings
Charles Campion indulges his love of pork scratchings. He meets the pigs with the most suitable skins, chews the fat with Black Country pub goers and tours a scratchings factory.
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Food Programme - Potatoes
Sheila Dillon looks at the history of the potato, discusses the growing popularity of 'heritage' potatoes and samples chef Simon Hopkinson's simple but exotic potato dishes.
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Food Programme - Public Procurement
Simon Parkes presents the food magazine. He explores the role of the public purse, which funds food in schools, hospitals, prisons and beyond.
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Food Programme - Puddings
Puddings are not food, they are medicine, according to food writer Nigel Slater, and they are a therapy at which Britain excels. Simon Parkes pays tribute.
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Food Programme - Quality Meat
Sheila Dillon discovers the lengths the top butchers go to to source and prepare the very best meat.
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Food Programme - Rabbits
Rabbit is increasingly to be found on British menus, and as they now outnumber people in this country, Sheila Dillon asks whether or not we should be eating even more of them.
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Food Programme - Radical Cookbooks
Sheila Dillon looks at some of history's most radical cookbooks in search of answers to today's food problem.
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Food Programme - Recession and Retail
Sheila Dillon re-visits some of the finalists from the Food and Farming Awards to see how they are coping as the recession bites ever deeper.
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Food Programme - Restaurant Economics
Restaurant Economics: The restaurant business is notorious for its high rate of failure, but there are ways chefs and owners can maximise profits. Simon Parkes investigates.
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Food Programme - Restaurants and Recession
Sheila Dillon examines how the current recession is changing the restaurant business. How are chefs and restaurateurs planning to survive?
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Food Programme - Ribble Valley Food Trail
Sheila Dillon puts the new Ribble Valley Food Trail to the test, sampling some new Lancashire food and asking what difference the initiative can really make to the way people eat.
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Food Programme - Rice Stocks
Sheila Dillon investigates the rapid increase in the price of rice and looks at the impact across Asia and Africa. She finds out what has led to a big drop in global reserves.
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Food Programme - Roots of Vegetarianism
Simon Parkes explores Jainism, a religion and philosophy founded on non-violence and a strict vegetarian diet.
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Food Programme - Royal Entertaining
Sheila Dillon looks at the history of state banquets and asks what role royal hospitality plays nowadays. She visits the Queen's reception for the British hospitality industry.
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Food Programme - Scallops
Brittany is Europe's largest scallop producer with a unique way of conserving stocks. Simon Parkes visits the Cotes d'Armor with Manx fisheries experts keen to learn a few lessons.
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Food Programme - School Dinner Revolution
Sheila Dillon is joined by Jeanette Orrey and Hugh McLennan, two of the top movers and shakers in the school meals revolution.
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Food Programme - School Food
Sheila Dillon finds out if new secondary school meal standards due in September will improve children's diets or send more of them off for a takeaway.
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Food Programme - Seeds
Humans have always selected particular seeds and in so doing changed the nature of their food. Sheila Dillon looks at the implications of today's selections on the world's food.
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Food Programme - Shetland's Sunday Teas
Simon Parkes meets the many amateur bakers of the Shetland Isles to find out about their decades-old tradition of serving up Sunday afternoon teas in their local community halls.
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Food Programme - Sicilian citrus industry
Sheila Dillon finds out what happened when a group of Sicilian citrus farmers decided to travel to a trade fair in London with an articulated lorry containing 73,000 oranges.
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Food Programme - Slow Cheese
Sheila Dillon travels to Italy to meet producers of rare and unusual cheeses from around the world, at a biennial event aimed at keeping traditional cheese making alive.
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Food Programme - Slow Fish
Sheila Dillon tracks two Cornish oyster fisherman, Rob Searle and Tim Vinnicombe, as they travel to the 'Slow Fish' gathering held in Genoa.
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Food Programme - Slow Food UK
Slow Food UK: Simon Parkes looks at the work of the Slow Food movement in the US, Italy and the UK.
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Food Programme - Soft Drinks
Sheila Dillon investigates the latest trends in the world of soft drinks. She also finds out why a growing number of cities in the United States are trying to tax sugary drinks.
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Food Programme - Spanish Food - Extremadura
Simon Parkes enjoys the flavours of the Spanish region of Extremadura, from the prized pata negra cured ham to the pimenton smoked paprika brought back by Columbus.
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Food Programme - Speciality Salts
Today, we worry about eating too much salt, but speciality salts have never been more popular. Simon Parkes investigates.
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Food Programme - Speciality Tea
Sheila Dillon looks at a company bringing unique flavours to the tea table, and asks what the tea mass market has to offer.
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Food Programme - Spirits
Sheila Dillon tastes her way through the long tradition of turning fruit into alcohol. She hears from eau de vie producers in France and cider brandy distillers in Somerset.
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Food Programme - Sport and Food
Sheila Dillon examines the business of food at sports events, from racing to football. She finds out about the caterers and the companies behind thousands of meals every week.
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Food Programme - Street Food
The delicious diversity of street food is a vital part of the daily routine of billions of people. However, the culture appears to be under threat from city planners.
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Food Programme - Street Food and Takeaways
Caribbean, Thai and Vietnamese - Simon Parkes looks at some of the latest trends in British street food and takeaway meals.
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Food Programme - Student Food
What food do students have access to, what do they eat? Sheila Dillon looks at the catering provided for students across the country in these financially straightened times.
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Food Programme - Suckling Pigs
Suckling pigs are a celebrated part of Chinese, Spanish and Italian cuisine; they fell from favour in Britain many centuries ago, but are they ready for a comeback?
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Food Programme - Sustainable Public Food and Nottingham
Can we afford new standards in public food? Simon Parkes finds out.
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Food Programme - Takeaway Food
How much pressure do the providers of fast food come under to choose a cheaper and easier route? Sheila Dillon visits some of the new takeaways and discusses the implications.
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Food Programme - Taste
Sheila Dillon explores taste: its physiology, how it declines with age and the effect on taste of chemotherapy. Plus the tastes that, through history, have blown our minds.
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Food Programme - Terra Madre
Sheila Dillon hears from some of the world's disappearing food tribes and finds out why efforts are underway to preserve indigenous food cultures in north America and the Arctic.
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Food Programme - The Berry Business
The Berry Business: Who decides which strawberry and raspberry varieties we will be eating in the years to come? A look behind the scenes of the modern berry business.
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Food Programme - The Clink - Prison Fine Dining Restaurant
Sheila Dillon visits Al Crisci's restaurant, The Clink, which is housed inside High Down Prison in Sutton, to learn about the food and the training he gives to inmates there.
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Food Programme - The Doner Kebab
Richard Johnson is on a mission to revive the fortunes of the British kebab. He travels to Istanbul to discover how a meal we dismiss as post-pub snack can be a delicacy.
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Food Programme - The El Bulli Effect
Sheila Dillon explores the influence of the famous restaurant El Bulli. How, from its base in north-east Spain, has chef Ferran Adria been able to influence a generation of chefs?
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Food Programme - The National Honey Show
There was a lot going on in Weybridge as Sheila Dillon joined beekeepers, enthusiasts and scientists from around the world at the 78th National Honey Show.
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Food Programme - The New Gastronomy
Does the world need more gastronomes? Universities around the world are creating degrees in gastronomy. What do they involve and who are they aimed at? Sheila Dillon finds out.
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Food Programme - The Sandwich
Sheila Dillon hears from the people attempting to revolutionise the sandwich. She's joined by Bee Wilson who's been looking at the past, present and future of this food icon.
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Food Programme - The School of Artisan Food
The new School of Artisan Food is unique in the UK in teaching craft skills like bread-making and cheese-making combined with business know-how. Skills to get us out of recession?
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Food Programme - Toddlers' Tastes in Food
Sheila Dillon looks at toddlers' tastes. How are children's eating habits formed? Why does faddy eating develop and how is it cured? And how does nursery school food measure up?
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Food Programme - Venison
With the wild deer population in the UK reaching two million and the shooting season being extended, Sheila Dillon finds out what happens to all the venison that is being produced.
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Food Programme - Venison
Sheila Dillon explores the varieties of venison, wild and farmed, now available in butchers and supermarkets in the UK.
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Food Programme - Verjuice
Sheila Dillon explores what's been described as 'the soya sauce of European cuisine', Verjuice - the unfermented juice of unripe fruit.
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Food Programme - Vitamin D
A growing body of evidence suggests we may need to consume more Vitamin D. Since we are wary of too much sun, what is the case for consuming supplements and fortifying more foods?
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Food Programme - Waiters
Sheila Dillon looks at the world of the waiter. From recent revelations about who keeps the money from tips to concerns over standards of service, is this a profession in crisis?
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Food Programme - Watercress
Watercress has been dubbed a 'superfood' by the media. Sheila Dillon visits the company that decided to fund scientific research into the potential health benefits of the product.
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Food Programme - Wine in the Recession
Sheila Dillon finds out how the wine market is coping in the recession, and Simon Parkes reports from the 2009 London International Wine Fair.
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Food Programme - WOMAD
Shelia Dillon presents from the Taste the World stage at the WOMAD festival in Wiltshire. Musicians from Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Finland and Sicily, cook, play and chat.
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Food Programme - Yoghurt
Silivri in Turkey holds an annual Yoghurt Festival, celebrating artisan yoghurts in the part of the world where they were first created. But is the artisan yoghurt dying out?
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