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The Food Programme

The Ark of Taste: The Story so Far

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Before unveiling a new batch of forgotten flavours from The Ark of Taste, Dan Saladino revisits his favourite global stories with Jamie Oliver, Thomasina Miers and Paula McIntyre. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Saladino
Interviewed Guest:
Jamie Oliver
Interviewed Guest:
Thomasina Miers
Interviewed Guest:
Paula McIntyre
Producer:
Becky Ripley

The Food Programme

Cider: Britain's Most Misunderstood Drink?

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Award-winning drinks writer Pete Brown joins Sheila Dillon to explain why bottles of cider should be the drink of choice on the UK's dinner tables. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Brown
Producer:
Dan Saladino

The Food Programme

My Food Hero: Tim Hayward meets Len Deighton

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tim Hayward meets the man who changed the way he thought about food, forever. He is a best-selling author, rarely gives interviews and has a remarkable food story: Len Deighton. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tim Hayward
Interviewed Guest:
Len Deighton
Producer:
Rich Ward
Producer:
Dan Saladino

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Changing Chinatowns around the world. In a special edition, in partnership with the BBC World Service, Dan Saladino looks at the biggest and best Chinatowns from London to Manila. Show more

The Food Programme

Chinatown: The Award-Winning Edition

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The James Beard Awards recognise the best in food journalism and broadcasting around the world. This edition on the history and flavours of Chinatowns won Best Radio Award. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Saladino
Interviewed Guest:
Fuchsia Dunlop
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer 8. Lee
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kwong
Interviewed Guest:
Chan Chow Wah
Interviewed Guest:
Gerry Choo-ah
Interviewed Guest:
James Wong
Interviewed Guest:
Vivienne Nunis
Interviewed Guest:
Celia Hatton
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Byrne
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Phenethi
Interviewed Guest:
Will Grant
Producer:
Kent DePinto
Producer:
Sarah Stolarz
Producer:
Dan Saladino

The Food Programme

Madhur Jaffrey, a life through food

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon meets Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, who has just returned from India on her latest exploration into its vast food culture. Show more

The Food Programme

Alice Waters, a Delicious Revolution

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her story with Sheila Dillon, from early life in the 1960s counter-culture to influencing the food thinking of presidents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Waters
Producer:
Rich Ward
Producer:
Dan Saladino

The Food Programme

Valentine Warner and Magnus Nilsson's Food Exchange, Part 2

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

In part two of their exchange of food stories, Magnus Nilsson invites Valentine Warner to venture into the lakes of Sweden's Jamtland in the middle of the night in search of trout. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Magnus Nilsson
Producer:
Dan Saladino

The Food Programme

Skint Foodies

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon meets cooks specialising in great food on small budgets. Single mum 'A Girl Called Jack', Belfast-born Miss South and 'Skint Foodie' have become influential bloggers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Monroe
Producer:
Dan Saladino

The Food Programme

The Future of Street Food

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Can street food change the world? Richard Johnson looks at ideas being tried around the world, from food carts setting up in 'food deserts' to night markets transforming cities. Show more

The Food Programme

A Quiet Food Revolution: The Story of Myrtle and Darina Allen

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

How two women, Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking. From pioneering restaurants to farmers' markets, Dan Saladino tells the Ballymaloe story. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Saladino
Producer:
Dan Saladino
Interviewed Guest:
Myrtle Allen
Interviewed Guest:
Darina Allen

The Food Programme

Horsemeat - a Food Programme update

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheila Dillon asks why, ten months after the horsemeat scandal, no-one has been either fined or prosecuted. Show more

The Food Programme

Chef Dan Barber: The Third Plate

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Series exploring the world of food. The influential New York chef and writer Dan Barber is in the UK on a delicious mission to change the way we think about food 'waste'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Dan Saladino
Producer:
Rich Ward
Interviewed Guest:
Dan Barber

The Food Programme

Food Stories from Venezuela: Eating in a Failed State.

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Venezuela is seeing its worst economic crisis in living memory. As some of the most basic ingredients become unavailable or unaffordable, Dan Saladino tells the food story. Show more

The Food Programme

Food Stories from Venezuela Part 2: Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Dan Saladino meets Maria Fernanda Di Giacobbe, who believes Venezuela's escape from crisis rests on chocolate and is on a mission to reclaim her country's former cacao bean glory. Show more

The Food Programme

The Chef Who Vanished - The Story of Jeremiah Tower

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

At the age of 30, with no formal training, Jeremiah Tower became a chef. His approach to cooking changed the food world for good, then he walked away. Dan Saladino tells his story. Show more

The Food Programme

Cult Fiction and Food

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

From Confederacy of Dunces to Absolute Beginners and On The Road, Dan Saladino explores cult novels to find out how Jack Kerouac, Colin MacInnes and John Kenney Toole used food. Show more