The Food Chain
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
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The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
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Is Chinese food the best in the world?
01/25/2024
Chinese food is popular and successful around the world. But is it afforded the respect it deserves? ...
How to invent an apple
01/18/2024
Have you ever wondered why the apple you bite in to is so crisp and juicy? And why it’s available ...
The preservers
01/11/2024
Humans have preserved food to make it last longer for thousands of years. In this programme Ruth Ale ...
I Won't Farm!
12/07/2017
The average age of farmers globally is thought to be around 60, and rising. So where have all the yo ...
How to Make a Farmer
12/14/2017
Fancy a career change? If you're not doing it already, what would it take to make you a farmer? Woul ...
Food Chain: The Quiz 2017
12/21/2017
Have you ever wondered what to do with a watermelon outside the kitchen? Or how many hot dogs a pers ...
Big Tech Wants Your Food Shop
12/28/2017
Technology giants are gobbling up the online grocery market - and over the past year we’ve seen Am ...
The Comedy of Food
01/04/2018
Does food ever make you laugh out loud? We try to stand up the theory that food is getting funnier b ...
In Search of Wine's 'Holy Grail'
01/11/2018
Wine has been getting more and more alcoholic in recent decades, driven by consumer tastes and clima ...
Gordon Ramsay: My life in five dishes
01/18/2018
Chef Gordon Ramsay is world-famous but, he tells us, people no longer want to talk about his food. T ...
I Can't Taste!
01/25/2018
If you could not taste your food, what would you eat? Would you even want to? Taste disorders are ra ...
The Food Pilgrims
02/01/2018
Can you think of a food you would travel across continents for? Emily Thomas meets people who have g ...
The Pig Problem
02/08/2018
A deadly and highly contagious disease is spreading across Europe's pig farms. African Swine Fever V ...
The New Animals
02/15/2018
The world’s first genetically engineered animal for human consumption landed on Canadian dinner ta ...
Eat, Stay, Love
03/01/2018
Three women who fled the countries they were born in because of war or conflict tell us how food hel ...
This Food Will Save Your Life*
03/07/2018
Why are humans so vulnerable to big promises about food? Emily Thomas meets some people who became c ...
Do Not Feed the Animals
03/22/2018
Food waste can have a huge impact on some wild animals, changing their diets and behaviours, and oft ...
A Poisonous Business
03/29/2018
Food poisoning meets economics in this episode of the Food Chain. And it's a toxic mix.We'll explore ...
Eating Blockchain
04/04/2018
*This is a repeat of a programme that first aired on 22nd February 2018Blockchain technology has bee ...
Food Confidential
04/11/2018
Trade secrets are jealously guarded by the food industry – and confidentiality is becoming ever mo ...
Claudia Roden: My Life in Five Dishes
04/20/2018
We meet the woman who’s been credited with revolutionising western attitudes to Middle Eastern and ...
Fussy Old World
04/26/2018
The fussy toddler refuses to eat her vegetables, has a tantrum and throws the food on the floor in p ...
Absolute Food: Part I
05/03/2018
How do authoritarian regimes use food to control and manipulate? In the first of two episodes explor ...
Absolute Food: Part II
05/09/2018
Food is propaganda in this episode of The Food Chain.In the second part of our two week exploration ...
Critical Mass Catering
05/16/2018
In a nod to the British royal wedding, we are super-sizing the Food Chain this week as we explore co ...
Kelis: My life in five dishes
05/24/2018
We sit down with one of R&B’s most eccentric and compelling artists - singer-songwriter Kelis. ...
I am the Bread Man
05/30/2018
Dan Saladino meets the mastermind behind one of biggest bread research projects ever undertaken. Nat ...
Pony Tales
06/06/2018
Should we eat more horse meat? In some parts of the world it is a food taboo, while in others people ...
The Real Junk Food
06/21/2018
This is the story of a man who struggled with homelessness and addiction, before being hit by a bold ...
#MeToo Food
06/28/2018
Has the #MeToo movement permeated our food chain?Emily Thomas explores the hidden problem of sexual ...
Jeremiah Tower: My life in five dishes
07/04/2018
Meet the pioneering, opinionated and inscrutable Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial figur ...
Madhur Jaffrey: My life in five dishes
07/12/2018
Join us for five unforgettable dishes from one extraordinary life as the food writer and actress Mad ...
Antonio Carluccio: My life in five dishes
07/19/2018
Antonio Carluccio describes his most memorable dishes in his last ever interview. The cook, restaura ...
Gordon Ramsay: My life in five dishes
07/26/2018
The Food Chain listens back to My Life in Five Dishes with chef and broadcaster Gordon Ramsay, origi ...
Claudia Roden: My life in five dishes
08/02/2018
The Food Chain listens back to My Life in Five Dishes with the renowned Egyptian cookery writer Clau ...
Kelis: My life in five dishes
08/08/2018
We sit down with one of R&B’s most eccentric and compelling artists, Kelis. Over the past 20 y ...
José Andrés: My life in five dishes
08/15/2018
Meet the Michelin-starred chef who, when he hears word of a natural disaster, jumps on a plane to ge ...
The Invisible Ingredient
08/22/2018
We’re killing time on The Food Chain this week. From crops that grow in just eight weeks, to whole ...
Rethinking the Celebrity Chef
08/29/2018
Emily Thomas asks whether the curious phenomenon of the celebrity chef, is undergoing a metamorphosi ...
Raw grief
09/06/2018
In the first of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores how food can help us navigate ...
Widowed: Food After Loss
09/13/2018
In the second of two episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores the food experiences of the w ...
Going Off Cow's Milk?
09/20/2018
Emily Thomas asks whether we’re on a slow but steady path to abandoning our pervasive, long-standi ...
Restaurant Critics: The Ungarnished Truth
09/27/2018
Emily Thomas brings together a straight-talking crowd who are not afraid to ruffle a few feathers - ...
Unseen: The Rise of Eating Disorders in China
10/04/2018
From diet pills to vomit rooms, the Food Chain investigates the rise of eating disorders in China. I ...
Not Just a Rich White Woman’s Problem
10/11/2018
Emily Thomas explores a stereotype with potentially life-threatening consequences - the idea that ea ...
Aristocrats and Archaeo-Food Nerds
10/18/2018
Have you ever felt the urge to share exactly the same culinary experience as your ancestors? Do you ...
I'm with the chef
10/25/2018
If you think you’d like your other half to be able to cook like a Michelin-starred chef, this epis ...
I Took on the Food Industry
11/01/2018
A powerful colossus is controlling most of what we eat. Who has the guts to take it on?Emily Thomas ...
Behind the (Food) Scenes
11/08/2018
Three top food stylists - all of whom have ghost-written and cooked on behalf of the world’s top c ...
Inside the Abattoir
11/15/2018
This episode includes audio of the slaughter of farm animals, which some may find upsetting. But if ...
Million Dollar Mouths
11/22/2018
Who gets to decide what our food tastes like - and what gives them the authority to do so?Emily Thom ...
Why the Heat about Meat?
11/29/2018
Why do we get so angry when we talk about food? When conversation turns to meat in particular, it do ...
Can a Strong Drink Revive a City?
12/06/2018
Does bourbon have the strength to reinvigorate a whole city? And is it really wise to seek answers a ...
Taking the Buzz out of Coffee
12/13/2018
A former-coffee lover goes on the hunt for a decent cup without the buzz, and discovers why it's so ...
After Party: A Look Back
12/27/2018
Find out what happens after the show ends.Emily Thomas catches up with some people who’ve appeared ...
The New Food Bank Frontline
01/10/2019
Giving away unwanted food to people who need it, sounds like it should be easy. But in this episode ...
Is Product Placement Getting in Your Face?
01/17/2019
When a cool character cracks open a can of a well-known branded drink on screen, do you barely notic ...
Uncut: Butchers Talk Chop
01/24/2019
Carving up carcasses and slicing up flesh. Day in, day out. Doling out blood for pet leeches, and he ...
André Cointreau: My life in five dishes
01/31/2019
André Cointreau had a very privileged start in life, born into two illustrious French drinks dynast ...
High Stakes Cakes
02/07/2019
What drives people to stake their livelihood on sponge? Three cake makers discuss the pressure and p ...
Untold food stories: Rohingya and Uighur cuisine
02/14/2019
The Rohingya people in Myanmar and the Uighur people in China are familiar to many of us through new ...
A senseless generation?
02/21/2019
Are processed foods and urbanisation numbing children’s sensory abilities, and should we teach the ...
When foods get famous
02/28/2019
Why do some fruits and vegetables achieve superstar status, appearing on T-shirts worn by celebritie ...
How to feed the Falklands
03/14/2019
How does a tiny community living on a series of rugged, windswept islands in the south west Atlantic ...
When breast isn't best
03/21/2019
Breastfeeding is highly recommended for babies the world over and in many countries it's seen as a m ...
Gut feelings
03/28/2019
There are trillions of bacteria living in our guts and there's growing evidence that they can have a ...
How to tell a food story
04/04/2019
What happens when food meets fiction? In this programme from the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival ...
An inspector calls
04/11/2019
Restaurateurs with guns, chefs wielding knives, and severed heads in bin bags. Life as a food inspec ...
The pot washers
04/18/2019
Do you know who’s washing your dishes? Emily Thomas talks to pot washers from around the world, ab ...
Raw grief
04/25/2019
Emily Thomas explores how food can help us navigate through the darkest of times - the days, weeks, ...
Widowed: Food after loss
05/02/2019
In the second of two James Beard Award-winning episodes on food and grief, Emily Thomas explores the ...
Organic Inc
05/09/2019
At heart, the organic movement is driven by ethics, not market-forces. It started out as a reaction ...
Food on the streets: London and Los Angeles
05/16/2019
How do you eat when you have no home? Nowhere to store food, nowhere to cook, no table to eat at?In ...
Bitter sweets
05/23/2019
Could candy be the next target in the global fight against rising levels of obesity and diabetes? Do ...
Samin Nosrat: My life in five dishes
05/30/2019
The award-winning star of Netflix series 'Salt, Fat, Acid Heat' and author of the best-selling cookb ...
Finding a food champion: The finalists
06/06/2019
The world faces a daunting challenge - how to feed a growing population without harming the planet, ...
Lunches changing lives
06/13/2019
Millions of children in India risk being deprived of a good education because of hunger. Poverty mea ...
How not to run a restaurant
06/20/2019
It’s a dream shared by many a food lover - a restaurant of their very own. A showcase for their s ...
The quest for black gold
06/27/2019
How powerful can a steaming pile of rotting food be?One third of the world’s food is lost or waste ...
When is a burger not a burger?
07/04/2019
Vegetarian and vegan food companies are under attack for using words like â€burger', â€sausage’, ...
The pig plague
07/11/2019
A deadly and highly contagious disease is sweeping across Asia, killing millions of pigs and destroy ...
Angela Hartnett: My life in five dishes
07/18/2019
Angela Hartnett is one of the UK's most high profile chefs. She tells Emily Thomas about her life th ...
Baristas: The daily grind
07/25/2019
What is the person making your coffee secretly thinking about you? Which orders make their heart sin ...
Food under siege
08/01/2019
If access to a city is blocked food supplies can quickly plummet, electricity and water can become s ...
Blogs! Money! Power!
08/08/2019
Social media hasn’t killed off the food blog apparently. Emily Thomas meets three food writers fro ...
Dynasties
08/15/2019
What’s it like to have food in your blood? Would you want to spend all day working with your famil ...
The young pub bosses reviving the British boozer
08/22/2019
For decades we’ve been warned about the demise of the British pub, but despite this the number of ...
Ritual slaughter under threat
08/29/2019
Belgium is the latest European country to put restrictions on religious slaughter methods. For many ...
Foraging: Pleasure or profit?
09/05/2019
Most of us have no need to hunt in the wild for our food, so why is foraging seeing a resurgence in ...
Eating with Etna
09/12/2019
What’s it like to live and farm on one of the world’s most active volcanoes? Mount Etna in Sicil ...
Ken Hom: My life in five dishes
09/19/2019
Ken Hom is a Chinese-American cook who became famous for introducing Chinese cooking to the British ...
Down on the farm: Suicide, stress and farmers
09/26/2019
Farming has some of the highest suicide rates of any profession in many parts of the world. Emily Th ...
How to cook for a megastar
10/03/2019
What do the most famous names in film, sport and politics eat for dinner, and what does it say about ...
How to date a vegan
10/10/2019
How can you have a successful relationship with someone whose eating habits you find repulsive, infu ...
Will robot pickers change our fruit?
10/17/2019
Across the world, as fruits ripen, teams of pickers set out across the fields. Without them, produce ...
How dangerous is your food delivery?
10/31/2019
How dangerous is your takeaway?If you ever order food through an online delivery service like UberEa ...
Can you have your plate and eat it?
11/07/2019
The food industry has a big problem with packaging, but what if you could simply eat your wrapper or ...
Bakers: Earning a crust
11/14/2019
Running a bakery is hard work - you’re up all night mixing, kneading, proving and baking, and then ...
Can palm oil be sustainable?
11/21/2019
It’s the world’s most consumed vegetable oil, used for everything from frying food to making it ...
Marcus Samuelsson: My life in five dishes
11/28/2019
Award-winning chef, restaurateur and writer Marcus Samuelsson describes his extraordinary culinary a ...
Sommeliers: Wine waiters uncorked
12/05/2019
Sommeliers are to a restaurant’s wine what a head chef is to its food. These waiters taste and stu ...
Can chocolate be clean?
12/12/2019
The bittersweet world of chocolate is complex - cocoa beans are produced by some of the poorest peop ...
I hate Christmas pudding!
12/19/2019
Does your stomach turn at the thought of a Christmas pudding? How about pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving? ...
Samin Nosrat: My life in five dishes
12/26/2019
The award-winning star of Netflix series 'Salt, Fat, Acid Heat' and author of the best-selling cookb ...
Eat the year
01/02/2020
New Year's resolutions about food often involve cutting down on something, or giving something up, b ...
What's climate change doing to cows?
01/16/2020
Australia's bushfires are thought to have killed more than one billion animals, and although many of ...
Fantasy, fiction and food
01/23/2020
What do Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Lady and the Tramp have in common? Both use foo ...
The tipping point
01/30/2020
In some corners of the world tipping a waiter or waitress would be considered an insult. In other co ...
Why is wheat making people sick?
02/06/2020
Gluten-free is booming – it’s become a multi-billion dollar industry, supermarket aisles are cr ...
Nobu Matsuhisa: My life in five dishes
02/13/2020
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa has more than 40 restaurants spread across six continents, many of them frequente ...
Why are people putting chemicals in our food?
02/20/2020
Have you ever looked at the ingredients on your microwave meal and wondered what dextrose and sodium ...
Made in space
02/27/2020
Why are companies blasting bottles of alcohol and crops into space? Are they just publicity stunts, ...
Fried chicken: Fast food champion
03/05/2020
Fried chicken is loved the world over - it’s the most popular dish in global fast food, according ...
The end of the road for street food?
03/12/2020
Street food is one of the many charms of South East Asia, but there are signs this much-loved way of ...
The mystery of mukbang
03/19/2020
What's the fascination with watching total strangers eat plate after plate of junk food? Is it a gro ...
How not to run a brewery
03/26/2020
If you are a beer lover, the idea of running your own brewery might sound like the stuff of dreams. ...
Coronavirus: Where did all the food go?
04/01/2020
As coronavirus tightens its grip on the world, many of us are facing life in lockdown and are worrie ...
Coronavirus: Food’s frontline heroes
04/08/2020
This week, we pay homage to the workers making sure we stay fed in times of lockdown. As farmers ar ...
My quarantine kitchen
04/16/2020
As the spread of Covid-19 confines millions of us to our homes, we go behind closed doors to hear ho ...
Death by coronavirus or hunger?
04/22/2020
As coronavirus continues to spread and lockdowns leave swathes of people unemployed, a new problem i ...
Coronavirus: Chefs fight back
04/30/2020
Coronavirus has crippled the restaurant industry, leaving thousands of chefs fighting to save their ...
What next for restaurants?
05/06/2020
Lockdowns around the world have seen many restaurants close overnight, but how many will be able to ...
Should China ban 'wet' markets?
05/14/2020
China’s so-called â€wet’ markets have been under intense scrutiny ever since the first coronavi ...
Is our food creating pandemics?
05/27/2020
Scientists are still trying to uncover exactly how COVID-19 emerged, although some evidence suggests ...
Has the crisis made us more generous?
06/03/2020
Have you noticed how there have been so many acts of kindness during the pandemic, especially when i ...
Coronavirus: The survival business
06/11/2020
Food businesses have been some of the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Worldwide lockdowns h ...
Antonio Carluccio: My life in five dishes
06/18/2020
Antonio Carluccio describes his most memorable dishes in his last ever interview. The cook, restaura ...
Is lockdown good news for fish?
06/24/2020
The fishing industry has been brought to its knees in some countries, with Covid-19 forcing fishing ...
Losing your taste to coronavirus
07/02/2020
Taste and smell loss are thought to be two of the most common symptoms of coronavirus, but some of t ...
Jacques PĂ©pin: My life in five dishes
07/09/2020
Jacques PĂ©pin is a household name across much of the US. He shot to fame starring alongside Julia C ...
Asma Khan: My life in five dishes
07/16/2020
When Asma Khan was born it was said her mother cried, but not tears of joy. As a second daughter bor ...
Does comfort food really comfort us?
07/23/2020
It’s something many of us intuitively believe - certain foods have the power to make us feel bette ...
Dominique Crenn: My life in five dishes
07/30/2020
Abandoned by her biological mother at six months old, a victim of sexual harassment and discriminati ...
Single parents: Cooking solo
08/06/2020
Money, time, and healthy choices can make mealtimes a challenge for many parents, but how do things ...
Meatpacking's coronavirus problem
08/12/2020
Meatpacking plants around the world are quickly becoming hotspots for Coronavirus outbreaks. In many ...
Food media's moment of reckoning?
08/19/2020
When a misguided halloween costume resurfaced on social media in June - no one could have predicted ...
Sean Sherman: My life in five dishes
08/26/2020
After decades of racism, persecution and forced assimilation, Native Americans had lost many of thei ...
Margarita Forés: My life in five dishes
09/03/2020
She was born into one of the most prominent and wealthy families in the Philippines, but life has no ...
The fertiliser that blew up Beirut
09/09/2020
Following the Beirut explosion, we’re exploring the chemical that caused the blast - ammonium nitr ...
The preppers and the pandemic
09/16/2020
Preppers have been preparing for a global emergency like coronavirus for years, stocking up supplies ...
Coronavirus: Obesity's defining moment?
09/23/2020
Emily Thomas asks whether the coronavirus pandemic will turn out to be the defining moment in the fi ...
Plundering the planet under cover of coronavirus
09/30/2020
Some thought Covid-19 would give our planet a breather while many of our movements and industries we ...
Facing fat hatred
10/07/2020
Does it feel uncomfortable calling someone fat because we think there is something bad about fatness ...
How does food make a president?
10/14/2020
Presidential campaigns are all about connecting with voters, and Donald Trump and Joe Biden have bot ...
One election, two farmers
10/21/2020
Four years ago some of the biggest electoral shifts in the US were seen in the north-central state o ...
How to enjoy eating with your own children
10/29/2020
Mealtimes with small children, whether they are your own or someone else's, can be a far from relaxi ...
Opening a restaurant in a pandemic
11/05/2020
Is there ever a good time to open a restaurant? Surely, during a global pandemic isn’t one of them ...
Selassie Atadika: My life in five dishes
11/12/2020
Selassie Atadika spent a decade working for the UN in some of the world’s most volatile regions, a ...
Why the whale hunt continues
11/26/2020
Only three countries still hunt whales commercially. They do it despite little demand for whale meat ...
The chef who took on hospital food
12/03/2020
Almost ten years ago, chef Joshna Maharaj walked into a hospital kitchen and was horrified by what s ...
Lockdown food fails
12/17/2020
Coronavirus shutdowns have seen many more people step into the kitchen to cook for themselves this y ...
What's food got to do with destiny?
12/24/2020
What is it about garlic that wards off the evil eye? Why is rice sometimes thrown over the happy cou ...
Too many cookbooks?
12/31/2020
Many of us love cookbooks. For some, they are a useful tool, and for others a source of inspiration. ...
Yotam Ottolenghi: My life in five dishes
01/07/2021
The influential Israeli-born, UK-based chef tells his life story through some of his most memorable ...
The arctic eating adventure
01/14/2021
When the only road into her town was blocked by a landslide, documentary filmmaker Suzanne Crocker w ...
The power of food emojis
01/21/2021
Do you give food emojis much thought? If not, perhaps you should. Emily Thomas hears how these tiny ...
Divided by drink: A tale from dry America
01/28/2021
Trump vs Biden isn’t the only issue that's been dividing communities in the USA in recent months - ...
Nigella Lawson: My life in five dishes
02/04/2021
The internationally-acclaimed food writer and TV cook Nigella Lawson, tells her life story through f ...
Has coronavirus changed school meals for ever?
02/11/2021
In March 2020, as countries struggled to contain the coronavirus pandemic, 90% of the world’s scho ...
Sourdough love stories
02/18/2021
A spongy collection of flour, water, wild yeasts and bacteria may seem an unlikely object of affecti ...
Alice Waters: My life in five dishes
02/25/2021
Alice Waters is one of America’s most influential chefs and food writers. In the 1970s she led a f ...
How to feed a footballer
03/04/2021
When a footballer is around, does food simply become fuel? Emily Thomas is joined by the wives of tw ...
Is it time to add vitamin D to food?
03/11/2021
Vitamin D keeps our bones and muscles strong, and now there's some evidence it could help protect us ...
The food that broke through lockdown
03/18/2021
On the streets of Bucharest a woman unwraps a package of Chinese pepper ... and falls in love. In Po ...
Should the US abandon tipping?
03/25/2021
President Biden has pledged to scrap the 'tipped wage' in the US - a salary system where diners effe ...
A year in the life of a Chinese restaurant
03/31/2021
Anti-Asian hate has surged since the coronavirus outbreak, and some of the most common targets have ...
Portion distortion
04/07/2021
Serving sizes have increased dramatically in recent decades. It’s happened so subtly that many of ...
How to love chillies
04/14/2021
Chillies can be hard to love at first, but they are integral to the cuisines of many countries. So w ...
The man taking on fast food
04/21/2021
Carlo Petrini is leading a food revolution - one that fights to protect local, traditional ingredien ...
America's 'food apartheid'
04/28/2021
Millions of Americans live in so-called â€food deserts’ - areas where it’s hard to access fresh ...
The blind cooks
05/05/2021
Three people who lost their vision as adults tell Emily Thomas how they learnt to cook again, becom ...
Dan Barber: My life in five dishes
05/12/2021
In an illustrious career spanning three decades, there’s little that booking-writing, seed-breadin ...
What's the appetite for gene edited food?
05/19/2021
Gene editing could revolutionise agriculture, with some scientists promising healthier and more prod ...
Do we need to talk about â€ultra-processed food’?
05/26/2021
The Food Chain delves into the world of â€Ultra-Processed Food’ - a term coined in Brazil that ha ...
Inside the mind of a kitchen gadget
06/02/2021
Meet the unsung heroes of your kitchen drawers.When you hold a vegetable peeler or potato masher, do ...
Raymond Blanc: My life in five dishes
06/09/2021
The celebrated French chef Raymond Blanc tells Emily Thomas about his life through five dishes.From ...
The school that food built
06/16/2021
When chef Jamie Oliver launched a campaign to improve British school meals, it inspired one headteac ...
The lure of on-demand groceries
06/23/2021
Do you need a lemon right now but don’t want to leave the house? Just download an app and you’ll ...
The endurance diet
06/30/2021
When you’re competing in a round-the-world race and you have to take all your food with you, what ...
Life lessons from the honey bee
07/07/2021
When it comes to food, we have a lot more than honey to thank bees for - more than three quarters of ...
Should 'junk food' sponsor sport?
07/21/2021
Sugary drink and fast food sponsors have become almost inseparable from sporting superstars and majo ...
Is it time to kill the calorie?
07/28/2021
Calories are ubiquitous across most of the world and have been used to help people manage their weig ...
Is there a â€chefsplainer’ in your kitchen?
08/04/2021
Is there someone in your life who needs to have total control in the kitchen? Someone who breathes d ...
The unstoppable rise of starch
08/25/2021
Starches are among the most important and versatile additives in processed food, but most of us know ...
The power of a photograph
09/08/2021
Food photography is about much more than beautifully presented dishes in cookbooks - it’s also bei ...
OCD, the kitchen, and me
09/15/2021
Hot stoves, perishable food, and potentially dirty surfaces can make the kitchen a difficult place f ...
Cooking by computer
09/22/2021
From bread making to Thai cuisine, cookery classes have become a popular way for people to learn new ...
The bug business
09/29/2021
Insects are cheap, packed full of nutrients, and farming them for food could help save the planet. C ...
The drinking experiment
10/07/2021
Alcohol is part of the fabric of life in many cultures. It’s associated with socialising, dating, ...
Last orders: Why I quit hospitality
10/13/2021
The hospitality industry is facing a staffing crisis, but why have thousands of chefs and waiters qu ...
A farmer's nightmare
10/22/2021
The UK food industry relies on foreign workers, but what happens when they stop coming? A combinatio ...
One small change
11/04/2021
The pressure to tackle climate change by altering what we eat is huge, and it can be a daunting pros ...
How to cope with cooking burnout
11/11/2021
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic some people discovered a solace and comfort in cooking, but for ...
How a new cuisine is born
11/18/2021
How is a new cuisine created? Ruth Alexander explores two unique cuisines in South Africa and the US ...
Gabriella D'Cruz: Global Youth Champion
11/25/2021
Gabriella D’Cruz, from Goa, wants to improve diets, transform livelihoods, and protect the planet ...
How rationing changed me
12/02/2021
Rationing looms large in the memories of a generation who lived through World War Two. Basic groceri ...
(Film) Set menu
12/09/2021
Catering on film and TV sets is notorious for being one of the toughest jobs in the hospitality indu ...
An alternative Christmas
12/16/2021
What dish says Christmas to you - roast turkey, goat? Carp perhaps? What about fried chicken? In Ja ...
Why I chose to live on rations
12/23/2021
World War Two rationing imposed severe restrictions on food, so why would anyone voluntarily go back ...
The Food Chain unwrapped
12/30/2021
In this final episode of 2021, we're revisiting some of the most powerful food stories from the pand ...
So, you think you can quit caffeine?
01/06/2022
Caffeine is a key ingredient in some of our favourite foods and drinks, but it’s also a mind-alter ...
Sleep, eat, repeat?
01/13/2022
A lack of sleep might leave us tired, but it can also have a major impact on what we eat, and our he ...
How not to feed a dog
01/20/2022
How do you feed a dog? The answer may be more fraught than you had imagined. Should you give them †...
Cancer, food and me
01/27/2022
Can you imagine suddenly finding that it hurts to eat? Or that when you take a bite of your favourit ...
The sisters who can 'taste' words
02/03/2022
Imagine being able to â€taste’ every word that comes out of your mouth. Everything you or someone ...
The constipation taboo
02/10/2022
It’s estimated that as many as 1 in 7 adults are suffering from constipation at any one time. And ...
The online food fighters
02/17/2022
Social media is full of fake news about food. Fad diets, cure-all superfoods, demonised ingredients, ...
The recipe collectors
03/03/2022
What is a recipe? A simple question... with many answers. It could be a set of instructions on how ...
An invisible crime
03/10/2022
Slipping drugs or extra alcohol into someone’s drink is a crime, but one that is under-reported an ...
A Ukrainian kitchen in London
03/17/2022
Chef Olia Hercules invites us into her London home to reflect on her country’s rich culinary herit ...
Food in the metaverse
03/31/2022
Imagine a world where going out for dinner virtually - from the comfort of your own sofa - becomes t ...
Food poverty in a rich country
04/06/2022
As food prices are rising around the world, along with the cost of energy, even people living in som ...
Tasting climate change
04/13/2022
Wine producers say a warming planet can be detected in the glass. The owners of long-established vin ...
How to date a carnivore
04/20/2022
Can the love of eating meat ever get in the way of a relationship? You may have heard the phrase †...
The cost of 'getting ripped'
04/27/2022
The man with carefully sculpted six-pack is everywhere: in Hollywood action films, on magazine front ...
The hot sauce sensations
05/04/2022
Hot sauce can inspire fervent passion in its devotees. It’s a global obsession that translates to ...
The problem with wheat
05/11/2022
Wheat is one of the most important grains worldwide: you’ll find it in bread, biscuits, pasta, sau ...
How a stoma changed my life
05/18/2022
Thinking about how food passes through your body may not be something that crosses your mind, but fo ...
Feeding the imagination
05/25/2022
What do writers eat to stoke their creative fires? George Orwell is said to have had a penchant for ...
Shop like the Queen
06/01/2022
As Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II marks 70 years on the throne, we find out how you get a royal warr ...
The recipe translators
06/08/2022
Many chefs reach global status, with international demand for their latest book. Spare a thought for ...
What's up with airline food?
06/15/2022
Aeroplane food doesn’t have the greatest reputation. Though it might be easy to blame an airline f ...
Menopause and diet
06/22/2022
The menopause can cause all sorts of changes in your body – weight gain, hot flushes, sleeplessnes ...
Lemn Sissay: My life in five dishes
06/29/2022
The internationally acclaimed poet and playwright Lemn Sissay OBE shares the story of his life by re ...
The fungi kingdom
07/06/2022
It’s not just fauna and flora, there’s a third, much overlooked kingdom of life – fungi. Fung ...
In search of a food champion
07/14/2022
From tackling poverty and hunger, to maggot farming, to harnessing the power of seaweed - since 2017 ...
Why use food for fuel?
07/20/2022
Biofuels are a way to make our cars, lorries and even planes run on renewable fuel. They’re often ...
Fuelling a female footballer
07/27/2022
Good quality nutrition is key to sporting success. But while plenty of research exists on the impact ...
The food illustrators
08/03/2022
Meet the artists tasked with creating pictures that look good enough to eat. If it wasn’t for them ...
What can we do about drought?
08/10/2022
Water shortages are getting worse with climate change. In the Horn of Africa, long periods without a ...
Liquid gold: The price of cooking oil
08/17/2022
Vegetable oil is one of many foods that has seen big price rises in the last year. Not only is it us ...
Running a restaurant with your relatives
08/24/2022
Running a restaurant is hard enough, but what if there’s family involved? In this episode, Felicit ...
Tomorrow’s food crops
08/31/2022
Climate change means that, in many parts of the world, the way we farm is no longer working. We nee ...
Inside food safety scares
09/07/2022
Food contamination is a serious public health problem around the world. The World Health Organisatio ...
The flavourists
09/14/2022
Meet the flavourists – the people who bring together art and science to create the flavours in our ...
Food for mood
09/21/2022
Mental health is a hugely complex issue with many causes. There’s no simple answer, then, when it ...
Who owns seeds?
09/28/2022
Today’s seed industry is dominated by a handful of companies. Approximately 60% of the market is c ...
Inheriting grandma's pan
10/05/2022
We may be living in a disposable age, but many of us probably own at least one hand-me-down pot, pan ...
Can farmers influence food prices?
10/12/2022
Global food prices reached record highs this year due to a combination of factors including the war ...
What do astronauts eat?
10/19/2022
What are the nutritional challenges, and the highs and lows of food in space? As NASA looks at creat ...
Forbidden food: The Jews of Spain
10/26/2022
Today’s Sephardic Jewish community has its roots in Spain and Portugal. The Hispanic Jews lived fo ...
The buffet business
11/03/2022
All-you-can-eat restaurants are popular, as are high-end buffets at big weddings and posh hotels. B ...
Island diets
11/10/2022
In this programme we explore the realities of island diets. Ruth Alexander hears how diets are chang ...
Eating With Our Ears: The Sound of Food
11/12/2022
How does sound influence the way we eat, drink and taste? We discover our hearing makes a bigger con ...
Food as rehabilitation
11/17/2022
Food behind bars is not intended to be a Michelin-starred affair. But prison food reformers claim so ...
Samuel Ikua: Global Youth Champion 2022
11/24/2022
Samuel Ikua is championing urban farming in his city, Nairobi in Kenya. Samuel undertook an urban f ...
Eggonomics
12/01/2022
Eggs – a nutritious and affordable source of protein. Or they were. The cost of a box of eggs has ...
Why does Africa import a lot of food?
12/08/2022
2022 has seen record food prices. Many African countries have been badly hit because they import th ...
Hard to swallow
12/15/2022
Can you imagine what you would miss if you lost the ability to eat? Swallowing is something most of ...
A Ukrainian table at Christmas
12/22/2022
Ukrainian cookbook writer Olia Hercules reflects on why it's important to mark this festive season, ...
Cooking with love
12/29/2022
Why hold on to an old clay pot, a worn-out metal spoon, or a plain glass bowl? Earlier this year, w ...
Chefs who changed course
01/05/2023
Working as a chef can be creative and rewarding when people love your food, but it can also be deman ...
The opera singer's diet
01/12/2023
Opera is viewed as something of an endurance sport in the musical world. Hours spent on stage, in co ...
The ghost writers
01/19/2023
Who wrote the cook books on your kitchen shelves? For many celebrity chefs, a cook book, or several, ...
Why can’t my child swallow?
01/26/2023
To feed a child is fundamental to a parent, it’s instinct. But what if your baby can’t swallow?A ...
What's the big deal about fine dining?
02/02/2023
Noma – considered by some to be the â€world’s best restaurant’ - has announced it will close ...
What's the best pasta shape?
02/09/2023
Spaghetti, penne, farfalle, gnocchi, lasagna – just a few of the 300-plus shapes of pasta in exist ...
The growth of food banks in Africa
02/16/2023
Food banks have operated for decades in North America and Europe. They are generally operated as non ...
Feeding the VIPs
02/23/2023
How do you make Michelin Star-level food, for hundreds of people, in a kitchen you just built in som ...
The joy of feeding birds
03/02/2023
Humans have been accidentally feeding wild birds for millennia; any leftover food scraps to be scoop ...
A taste of home
03/09/2023
Facing the trauma of having to abandon your home because of war or climate change, how do you find s ...
How to photograph food
03/16/2023
Anyone who has taken a photo of their plate in a restaurant knows how hard it is to make food look g ...
What do medics really eat?
03/23/2023
Long days, unsociable hours, a hectic and pressurised workload – the working environment for healt ...
Bringing dark kitchens into the light
03/29/2023
Dark kitchens are the multi-block commercial units allowing virtual brands and events companies to p ...
Can small farms feed the world?
04/05/2023
What’s the best way to produce affordable food, that’s good for the planet, and can feed us all? ...
Is this the end of the British caff?
04/12/2023
The British "caff" - slang for café, and home of the breakfast fry up, or "full english" - is under ...
How AI could design our diets
04/21/2023
Every day, humans make multiple choices about what to eat. Some of those decisions will be better fo ...
The growth of GM food
04/26/2023
Genetically-modified food has long been a subject of debate. It was first introduced to market in th ...
A dish fit for the King
05/03/2023
The crowning of a British monarch calls for an official dish. In 1953, for the coronation of Queen E ...
Should we farm octopus?
05/10/2023
The world’s first octopus farm is being planned by a Spanish seafood multinational. The intelligen ...
Is the food you’re eating what you think it is?
05/17/2023
How can you be sure you’re eating what you think you’re eating? In most cases, food fraud won’ ...
Teaching tomorrow's chefs
05/24/2023
Why go to culinary school when you could learn on the job? Three trained chefs-turned teachers make ...
Let’s take a lunch break!
05/31/2023
A lunch break can tell you quite a lot about a country’s work culture; ranging from two-hour, luxu ...
How did TV cooking competitions get so big?
06/07/2023
Television cookery competitions are big business – drawing audiences in their millions over multip ...
The power of heritage brands
06/14/2023
Tabasco sauce, Lea and Perrins, Angostura Bitters. Those are a few of a very select number of sauces ...
Can you feed a city from its rooftops?
06/21/2023
Could our office, apartment and public buildings also be farms? In this programme, Ruth Alexander me ...
How did salt get so gourmet?
06/28/2023
Salt has been a staple ingredient in cooking and preserving food for thousands of years. It adds fla ...
How I learnt to cook
07/05/2023
Out of necessity, in adversity, or for the fun of it - how, and why did you learn to cook? Ruth Ale ...
What the wedding caterer is really thinking
07/12/2023
Going to a wedding this year? Spare a thought for the caterers - expected to put on ever-more elabo ...
Africa's forgotten foods
07/19/2023
The African continent is seeing one of the fastest rates of urbanisation in the world. As people mo ...
Immersive dining
07/26/2023
Immersive dining has become something of a culinary craze in recent years. As well as serving fo ...
This kid cooks
08/02/2023
At what age should you start teaching children to cook, and why should you? In this programme, Ruth ...
The Little Italy story
08/09/2023
Italian food is one of the most popular cuisines in the world, but how did it first make its way out ...
Banh mi: A sandwich with a story
08/16/2023
The banh mi is a staple street food in Vietnam and increasingly popular around the world. But how di ...
Stop chewing like that!
08/23/2023
Imagine not being able to sit and eat at the dinner table with your family without feeling furious. ...
Feeding baby
08/30/2023
Weaning refers to the process of introducing your baby to solid foods, alongside breast milk or form ...
The art of food diplomacy
09/06/2023
As India welcomes the world’s biggest economies for the G20 meeting this September, we look at the ...
The taste test
09/13/2023
Consumers have the buying power but how much are they considered when a brand decides to make a chan ...
What's in a national dish?
09/20/2023
Many dishes have become famous national symbols both at home and abroad, for example Italian pizza, ...
Bonnie Garmus: My life in five dishes
09/27/2023
Bonnie Garmus, author of the bestselling novel Lessons in Chemistry, shares the story of her life th ...
Can you eat your way to 100?
10/05/2023
What if you could reach a great age through your dietary choices? Imagine – that the food you eat ...
How to feed a city
10/11/2023
More than half of us globally now live in cities. The United Nations estimates that by 2050, that nu ...
The rise of private chefs
10/18/2023
This week, Ruth Alexander is exploring the growing market for professional home cooking and asking w ...
Why is food so expensive in Ghana?
10/25/2023
Ghana’s inflation rate is one of the highest in the world, much of it driven by rising food prices ...
Cooking in extreme places
11/02/2023
Wherever humans go, whatever we do, we need to eat. In this programme, we meet the people cooking at ...
How to read a menu
11/09/2023
Pan fried, artisanal, gourmet: there's a fashion for foodie words. Why? In this episode, Ruth Alexa ...
Eco scores on food labels
11/16/2023
The European Union wants to introduce one system for scoring the sustainability of food products. Th ...
Food for new mums
11/23/2023
Seaweed soup, aniseed sprinkles on toast, pig trotter soup and fried chicken. In this episode Ruth A ...
Pesticide exports
11/30/2023
Many countries allow the manufacture and export of pesticides that are banned for use in their own c ...
How to stop cooking killing
12/07/2023
It’s estimated that more than 2 billion people use polluting stoves - with severe consequences for ...
Feed your brain
12/14/2023
Our brains require 20% of our body’s energy intake, despite making up, on average, only 2% of our ...
Festive food stories
12/21/2023
We take a trip around the world with BBC World Service presenters and listeners, finding out which a ...
Another year away from home
12/28/2023
Ruth Alexander talks to two families displaced by the war in Ukraine, as they reflect on their secon ...
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