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Scallops
Brittany is Europe's largest producer of scallops. Simon Parkes investigates.
Museum Food
John Waite explores the revolution in museum food.
Nigel Slater
Sheila Dillon and Nigel Slater cook a perfect meal.
Hungry Cities
How will we feed the cities of the future? Sheila Dillon is joined by author Carolyn Steel
Burgers and meat
Sheila Dillon looks at the hamburger and it how changed the world's attitudes to meat.
National Trust
Has the National Trust succeeded in becoming a major proponent of good food?
Sanjay and the Sardine
Cornish chef Sanjay Kumar goes on a cooking mission to Italy to save the Cornish sardine.
New Foodies
Food writer Tim Hayward investigates a new wave of food entrepreneurship.
Toddlers' Tastes in Food
Sheila Dillon looks at toddlers' tastes.
Food in the Scottish Borders
Sheila Dillon seeks out fish and cattle along the River Nith.
Spanish Food - Extremadura
Simon Parkes enjoys the flavours of the Spanish region of Extremadura.
Trans-fats
Sheila Dillon investigates the issue of trans-fats in our food.
Emergency Food
Sheila Dillon investigates how emergency foods are made for disasters, droughts and wars.
School Food
Sheila Dillon follows two schools as they attempt to transform the way their pupils eat.
Yeast
A global commodity, and now part of a food revival. Sheila Dillon on the wonders of yeast.
Mario Cassandro
Sheila Dillon looks at the life of Mario Cassandro, a man who re-invented the restaurant.
Scotland's Food Policy
With Sheila Dillon. A look at Scotland's first ever national food policy.
Food Icons: Major Patrick Rance
In a series on people who've changed the way we eat, The Food Programme profiles Pat Rance
Kitchen Designers
A special edition with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen looking at the history of kitchen design.
Food Icons: George Perry-Smith
The story and legacy of the maverick, self taught, legendary chef George Perry-Smith.
Food Poverty
Simon Parkes reveals a Britain in which hunger and hard food choices are all too real.
The Honey Business
Sheila Dillon takes a look behind the scenes of the honey industry.
Food ads and children
Sheila Dillon explores the issue of advertising junk food to children.
Beer - Trouble Brewing?
As tax on low-alcohol beer is cut, Sheila Dillon asks how problem drinking can be tackled.
Los Angeles Street Food
Richard Johnson travels to Los Angeles, a city where many of the world's food trends begin
Pickling and Preserving
Sheila Dillon looks at some of the ingenious ways we have developed of preserving food.
The Calorie
Sheila Dillon asks if the calorie is an outdated way of controlling diet.
Palm Oil
A traditional cooking oil and a controversial food ingredient. What's up with palm oil?
Into the Wild
Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.
Future Food
Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.
A Special (Food) Relationship
Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.