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The Food Chain

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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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The Food Chain: The food that broke through lockdown

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The food that broke through lockdown

18/03/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Food Chain, The food that broke through lockdown

Four stories of love, friendship and food during lockdown

Four stories of love, friendship and food during lockdown.

On the streets of Bucharest a woman unwraps a package of Chinese pepper ... and falls in love. In Portland Oregon, a family finds a new home - in a farmers market. A food writer opens her front door in London and finds a Chinese banquet waiting for her. On a cold winter’s morning, in a city 10,000 kilometres away from her family, a woman stands and waits for a taste of home. 

As part of the BBC World Service festival exploring how the Coronavirus pandemic is reshaping our social lives, Emily Thomas hears four stories of how food can bring us closer together when we’ve never been more distant from one another. 

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: Two women sit on a bench talking, Credit: Getty/BBC)

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Albertina Coacci
Tse Yin Lee
Fuchsia Dunlop
Schlifka Collier

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