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Examining what it takes to put food on your plate

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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Food Chain Late Night

09/04/2016 GMT

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We explore the characters and cuisines that come out after dark.

As part of the BBC’s Identity season, this week The Food Chain looks at the people who feed us after hours, following the characters and cuisines that come out at night.

As part of the BBC’s Identity season we meet the people who feed us after hours, following the characters and cuisines that only come out after dark. 

Starting with the heady rush of a London kebab shop, Mike Johnson explores late night food culture around the globe. In an increasingly 24-hour world, how and when we eat is changing. What do our late night food habits say about our identities? We meet the late-night taco eaters of Mexico City, and find out why Hong Kong street vendors are under threat. Plus we hear what happens to your body when your meal times are out of sync with your circadian rhythms, and tell you where in the world you can buy an edible Rolex for forty-five cents. Night-owls only, on this episode of The Food Chain. 

Presented by Mike Johnson, produced by Emily Thomas, and edited by Kent DePinto.

(Photo: Taco vendor Alfredo works late into the night in Mexico City. Credit: James Fredrick)

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