How did snacking start and why do we do it?
Published on Wednesday, 14th May 2025.
What happens to our eating habits when we’re stressed, and how to change that
Published on Wednesday, 7th May 2025.
The bakeries and eateries employing staff with criminal records or history of addiction
Published on Thursday, 1st May 2025.
We hear from the women making food products at home as a source of income
Published on Wednesday, 23rd April 2025.
First Nations people in Canada talk about opportunities and barriers to food security.
Published on Wednesday, 16th April 2025.
Sustainable packaging is evolving, but will consumer habits catch up?
Published on Thursday, 10th April 2025.
Why convenience stores are having to change to stay in business
Published on Wednesday, 2nd April 2025.
How reviews are changing and what that means for restaurants
Published on Thursday, 27th March 2025.
What it takes to harvest the world’s priciest spice
Published on Thursday, 20th March 2025.
The designers influencing what and where you eat
Published on Thursday, 13th March 2025.
The history and evolution of this popular food
Published on Thursday, 6th March 2025.
How the simplest dish influenced restaurants and cuisine today
Published on Thursday, 27th February 2025.
What motivates someone to dedicate years of their life to learning one skill?
Published on Thursday, 20th February 2025.
Three TV cooking programme producers provide the secret ingredients to a hit cooking show
Published on Thursday, 13th February 2025.
How has the oldest restaurant in the world stayed open for 300 years?
Published on Wednesday, 5th February 2025.
Why we like crunchy foods, and what benefits they might have
Published on Thursday, 30th January 2025.
Exploring how realistic official healthy-eating advice is
Published on Thursday, 23rd January 2025.
This staple grain is impacted by and contributes to climate change
Published on Thursday, 16th January 2025.
We ask why people are still willing to pay for recipes
Published on Thursday, 9th January 2025.
Inside the race for creating the most eye-catching festive flavours
Published on Thursday, 19th December 2024.
The best – and worst – things to eat at sports grounds across the world
Published on Thursday, 12th December 2024.
The rise of the dessert café and the extraordinary creations it’s spawned
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2024.
The story of how fast-food chains took over the world
Published on Thursday, 28th November 2024.
We are celebrating 10 years of The Food Chain with some of our favourite moments
Published on Thursday, 21st November 2024.
Underappreciated and unfairly maligned. Is vanilla worth reconsidering?
Published on Thursday, 14th November 2024.
The history and evolution of the workplace lunch
Published on Thursday, 7th November 2024.
The cities living with drought and limited water supplies
Published on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024.
The highs and lows of cooking in a shared kitchen
Published on Wednesday, 16th October 2024.
How your age, sex, and geographic location impact how much water you need
Published on Wednesday, 9th October 2024.
Terroir is usually associated with wine, but does it exist in food?
Published on Wednesday, 2nd October 2024.
Tips from the people running mobile food businesses
Published on Wednesday, 25th September 2024.
The legacy of Bangladeshi-run restaurants in London’s Brick Lane
Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2024.
The dishes that can be replenished again and again
Published on Wednesday, 11th September 2024.
Secrets of the social media food content creators
Published on Wednesday, 4th September 2024.
We look at what the evidence says about the health risks of drinking alcohol
Published on Wednesday, 28th August 2024.
Cosmetic companies and A-listers recommend it, but how sure is the science?
Published on Wednesday, 21st August 2024.
Why bringing multiple food retailers under one roof is profitable
Published on Wednesday, 14th August 2024.
Stories of culinary discovery from across the world
Published on Wednesday, 7th August 2024.
How and why the taste of our vegetables is changing
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2024.
We find out about the diets of elite athletes and how to cater for them
Published on Wednesday, 24th July 2024.
We explore the science behind what you do in the kitchen
Published on Wednesday, 17th July 2024.
The restaurants in Paris, Mumbai and Istanbul whose staff have learning disabilities.
Published on Wednesday, 10th July 2024.
How your perception of taste is informed by your DNA
Published on Wednesday, 3rd July 2024.
Managing the risks of growing food where land is contaminated
Published on Wednesday, 26th June 2024.
The couples that make both a relationship and a restaurant work
Published on Wednesday, 19th June 2024.
The art and business of bread making with bakers from Nigeria, Canada & Lebanon
Published on Wednesday, 12th June 2024.
How do new weight-loss medications work, and what could they mean for the diet industry?
Published on Wednesday, 5th June 2024.
What people in Delhi eat to keep cool in the city’s blazing summer
Published on Wednesday, 29th May 2024.
We trace the origins of the spicy wrap from humble Mexican street food to global hit
Published on Wednesday, 22nd May 2024.
Farmers in Uruguay are working towards making cattle farming more environmentally friendly
Published on Wednesday, 15th May 2024.
The art, joy and benefits of eating with your hands
Published on Wednesday, 8th May 2024.
How edible flowers might add more to a dish than just decoration
Published on Wednesday, 1st May 2024.
What sodium chloride does to your food and your body
Published on Wednesday, 24th April 2024.
Why some seafarers on board cargo ships don’t have enough to eat
Published on Wednesday, 17th April 2024.
The chefs who have found brilliant on-screen chemistry with a friend
Published on Wednesday, 10th April 2024.
With restaurants up against it, what is the winning formula for running one?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd April 2024.
What’s it really like to work in a chocolate factory?
Published on Thursday, 28th March 2024.
Is fasting for faith good for the mind and body?
Published on Thursday, 21st March 2024.
You say ‘kenkey’, I say ‘dim sum’. Where did dumplings really come from?
Published on Thursday, 14th March 2024.
How to cook with umami and MSG
Published on Thursday, 7th March 2024.
Three lunch chefs take us behind the scenes of canteen culture
Published on Thursday, 29th February 2024.
What is ultra processed food, and how can you spot it?
Published on Thursday, 22nd February 2024.
Why what you talk about over dinner matters
Published on Thursday, 15th February 2024.
Meet the people growing food on vacant land in this US city
Published on Thursday, 8th February 2024.
We report on the impact of the 2023 earthquakes on food businesses in Antakya, Turkey
Published on Thursday, 1st February 2024.
What centuries of Chinese cuisine can teach us today
Published on Thursday, 25th January 2024.
The fascinating history and future of the apples you buy in the supermarket
Published on Thursday, 18th January 2024.
Meet the people preserving food to make it last longer
Published on Thursday, 11th January 2024.
Two families displaced by the war in Ukraine reflect on their second year away from home
Published on Thursday, 28th December 2023.
Which celebration dish is your favourite?
Published on Thursday, 21st December 2023.
Why is it important to ‘feed’ your brain?
Published on Thursday, 14th December 2023.
Millions die each year because of their stoves, so what's being done about it?
Published on Thursday, 7th December 2023.
Should the global rules governing pesticide sales be tougher?
Published on Thursday, 30th November 2023.
Which foods does your body need after giving birth?
Published on Thursday, 23rd November 2023.
The EU wants to introduce a sustainability score on packaging
Published on Thursday, 16th November 2023.
Restaurants use language, psychology and behavioural economics to influence your choice
Published on Thursday, 9th November 2023.
The chefs serving meals up mountains, pizza under the sea and tapas in Antarctica
Published on Thursday, 2nd November 2023.
How rising prices are impacting people's lives.
Published on Wednesday, 25th October 2023.
Are you always guaranteed the luxury experience you’re paying for?
Published on Wednesday, 18th October 2023.
Fast growing cities will put increasing pressure on food security.
Published on Wednesday, 11th October 2023.
What a centenarian’s diet looks like
Published on Thursday, 5th October 2023.
The author of Lessons in Chemistry on what inspired the food in her novel
Published on Wednesday, 27th September 2023.
The stories behind some of the most famous national foods.
Published on Wednesday, 20th September 2023.
How much power does the consumer really have?
Published on Wednesday, 13th September 2023.
Using food to gain influence on the world stage.
Published on Wednesday, 6th September 2023.
The different approaches to weaning.
Published on Wednesday, 30th August 2023.
Misophonia: Why does the sound of eating make some of us furious?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd August 2023.
How the French baguette got a Vietnamese makeover and became a global hit
Published on Wednesday, 16th August 2023.
How the world first discovered Italian food
Published on Wednesday, 9th August 2023.
Why you should trust your child to make dinner
Published on Wednesday, 2nd August 2023.
Why more restaurants are serving up a spectacle
Published on Wednesday, 26th July 2023.
Why are indigenous ingredients and dishes no longer popular?
Published on Wednesday, 19th July 2023.
The thrills and spills of putting on a celebratory feast
Published on Wednesday, 12th July 2023.
There’s often more than just dinner at stake.
Published on Wednesday, 5th July 2023.
Find out how a basic seasoning went from store cupboard staple to luxury ingredient.
Published on Wednesday, 28th June 2023.
We meet the people farming on top of buildings
Published on Wednesday, 21st June 2023.
Sauces, snacks and drinks: a secret history of brands that have stood the test of time
Published on Wednesday, 14th June 2023.
We delve into the global success of the cookery competition on television.
Published on Wednesday, 7th June 2023.
Advocates of the working lunch tell us why we should make time for it
Published on Wednesday, 31st May 2023.
Meet the culinary school lecturers training the next generation.
Published on Wednesday, 24th May 2023.
A visit to a spice testing lab reveals how fraudsters tamper with food to make money
Published on Wednesday, 17th May 2023.
We examine plans to open the world’s first octopus farm.
Published on Wednesday, 10th May 2023.
What does the coronation dish - a quiche - tell us about King Charles III?
Published on Wednesday, 3rd May 2023.
Governments in India and Kenya want their citizens to eat genetically modified food.
Published on Wednesday, 26th April 2023.
Are machines better at deciding what we should eat, than we are?
Published on Friday, 21st April 2023.
Why the home of the ‘full English’ breakfast is closing – and what’s at stake.
Published on Wednesday, 12th April 2023.
What sort of farm is best for our planet, wallet and diet?
Published on Wednesday, 5th April 2023.
Are the hidden-away catering spaces undergoing an image change?
Published on Wednesday, 29th March 2023.
Healthcare staff discuss the challenge of eating healthily on shift
Published on Thursday, 23rd March 2023.
What it really takes to make something look delicious.
Published on Thursday, 16th March 2023.
What does a family forced to leave their country eat on their journey to safety?
Published on Thursday, 9th March 2023.
Who’s getting more out of this human-animal interaction – the birds or us?
Published on Thursday, 2nd March 2023.
Lifting the lid on the high pressure and unsung world of high-end mass catering
Published on Thursday, 23rd February 2023.
Food banks have arrived in Africa – can they tackle food poverty?
Published on Thursday, 16th February 2023.
Why something so tasty can be controversial
Published on Thursday, 9th February 2023.
The world’s so-called ‘best restaurant’ is closing – so what?
Published on Thursday, 2nd February 2023.
Dysphagia: parents share their experiences of feeding a child with swallowing problems
Published on Thursday, 26th January 2023.
The people who pen cookbooks for celebrity chefs.
Published on Thursday, 19th January 2023.
What do the skilled performers eat to hit the high notes?
Published on Thursday, 12th January 2023.
Chefs who left the heat of the professional kitchen, and what they do now.
Published on Thursday, 5th January 2023.
Your stories about the sentimental items in your kitchens
Published on Thursday, 29th December 2022.
Ukrainians living in the UK talk about how they’ll mark the festive season
Published on Thursday, 22nd December 2022.
Dysphagia: Navigating an invisible disorder
Published on Thursday, 15th December 2022.
We speak to food entrepreneurs about how Africa can be more self sufficient
Published on Thursday, 8th December 2022.
Egg prices are rising – is avian flu to blame?
Published on Thursday, 1st December 2022.
This year’s award winner and his mission to get people farming in the city
Published on Thursday, 24th November 2022.
Could changing the food behind bars improve prisoner outcomes?
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2022.
How sound and music influence the way we taste food and drink.
Published on Saturday, 12th November 2022.
What do you eat if you live on an island?
Published on Thursday, 10th November 2022.
How do you make money out of them, and what happens to all the leftovers?
Published on Thursday, 3rd November 2022.
The suppression of Jewish cooking under the Spanish Inquisition, and its global spread
Published on Wednesday, 26th October 2022.
Designing a diet to keep astronauts healthy
Published on Wednesday, 19th October 2022.
How rising global prices impact food production around the world
Published on Wednesday, 12th October 2022.
The significance of family cookware and what we lose if we throw our old pots out
Published on Wednesday, 5th October 2022.
How four big companies came to dominate the industry
Published on Wednesday, 28th September 2022.
Can we eat our way to happiness?
Published on Wednesday, 21st September 2022.
Meeting the people bridging art and science to make food taste delicious
Published on Wednesday, 14th September 2022.
The people trying to stop contaminated food reaching your plate
Published on Wednesday, 7th September 2022.
A changing climate means farmers need to change the crops they grow
Published on Wednesday, 31st August 2022.
One city, two cuisines, multiple family members
Published on Wednesday, 24th August 2022.
What rising vegetable oil prices mean for food businesses
Published on Wednesday, 17th August 2022.
As millions of people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya face hunger, what are the solutions?
Published on Wednesday, 10th August 2022.
Meet the artists tasked with creating pictures that look good enough to eat
Published on Wednesday, 3rd August 2022.
As the Women's Euros reach a climax, how much could nutrition boost performance?
Published on Wednesday, 27th July 2022.
As food prices rise around the world, why are we turning crops into fuel?
Published on Wednesday, 20th July 2022.
As we search for a new global champion, we hear from two previous award winners
Published on Thursday, 14th July 2022.
Why fungi are important for all terrestrial life
Published on Wednesday, 6th July 2022.
Writer Lemn Sissay reflects on his life through memories of food
Published on Wednesday, 29th June 2022.
Which foods could help ease your symptoms?
Published on Wednesday, 22nd June 2022.
The highs and lows of in-flight dining
Published on Wednesday, 15th June 2022.
We speak to the people who translate recipe books into different languages
Published on Wednesday, 8th June 2022.
What does the Queen eat? We find out how you get a royal warrant
Published on Wednesday, 1st June 2022.
Two novelists discuss how food fuels their creativity
Published on Wednesday, 25th May 2022.
Living with a stoma bag, and learning what to eat, and when
Published on Wednesday, 18th May 2022.
Are we too reliant on one crop for our nutritional needs?
Published on Wednesday, 11th May 2022.
How Sriracha and Lao Gan Ma achieved global cult status
Published on Wednesday, 4th May 2022.
Three men discuss the reality of pursuing a six-pack and how much of it is about food
Published on Wednesday, 27th April 2022.
The highs and lows of being with someone who loves eating meat
Published on Wednesday, 20th April 2022.
Wine producers say a warming planet can be detected in the glass
Published on Wednesday, 13th April 2022.
Three UK citizens discuss how difficult it can be to feed a family on a low income
Published on Wednesday, 6th April 2022.
What food could look like in virtual worlds and what it means for restaurants
Published on Thursday, 31st March 2022.
Two cookbook authors – one Russian, one Ukrainian – share memories of food and friendship
Published on Thursday, 17th March 2022.
Why drink spiking is misunderstood and underreported and how it can change
Published on Thursday, 10th March 2022.
The challenge of preserving recipes and what is at stake if they are lost
Published on Thursday, 3rd March 2022.
The people taking on misinformation about food and nutrition on social media
Published on Thursday, 17th February 2022.
What we could learn about our health and happiness if constipation was normalised
Published on Thursday, 10th February 2022.
The weird and wonderful world of synaesthesia - a puzzling neurological phenomenon
Published on Thursday, 3rd February 2022.
Three women discuss how chemotherapy has changed their relationship with food
Published on Thursday, 27th January 2022.
What we feed our four-legged friends and what it reveals about our relationship with food
Published on Thursday, 20th January 2022.
The vicious circle of too little rest and too much of the wrong food
Published on Thursday, 13th January 2022.
Three people who tried giving up the world’s most commonly-used psychoactive drug
Published on Thursday, 6th January 2022.
Revisiting some of the most powerful food stories from the pandemic
Published on Thursday, 30th December 2021.
What powdered eggs and tinned ham can teach us about our modern food system
Published on Thursday, 23rd December 2021.
Japan's love affair with fried chicken and the story of a very Chinese Jewish Christmas
Published on Thursday, 16th December 2021.
The gruelling job of feeding cast and crew on a major movie or TV production
Published on Thursday, 9th December 2021.
A German and a Brit share food memories of growing up during World War Two
Published on Thursday, 2nd December 2021.
This year's award-winner and her mission to change lives and revive oceans using seaweed
Published on Thursday, 25th November 2021.
The evolution of ‘Cape-Malay’ and ‘Viet-Cajun’ cuisines
Published on Thursday, 18th November 2021.
Three food lovers on why the Covid-19 pandemic has sucked the joy out of the kitchen
Published on Thursday, 11th November 2021.
Your stories of small, achievable changes around food to help the environment
Published on Thursday, 4th November 2021.
A major worker shortage leaving UK farmers with heartbreaking choices
Published on Friday, 22nd October 2021.
Three former restaurant staff on why the pandemic prompted them to leave
Published on Wednesday, 13th October 2021.
What happens when you give up alcohol in a drinking culture?
Published on Thursday, 7th October 2021.
How do you convince more people to eat insects?
Published on Wednesday, 29th September 2021.
How Covid-19 inspired a new world of virtual cooking classes
Published on Wednesday, 22nd September 2021.
Cooking, eating and living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Published on Wednesday, 15th September 2021.
Can a still image change the way we think about our food?
Published on Wednesday, 8th September 2021.
The most important processed food ingredient you’ve probably never thought about
Published on Wednesday, 25th August 2021.
Why some people can’t resist telling others exactly how to cook
Published on Wednesday, 4th August 2021.
Why many of us misunderstand calories, and why it matters.
Published on Wednesday, 28th July 2021.
The fizzy drink and burger brands backing everything from the Olympics to junior football
Published on Wednesday, 21st July 2021.
What can these tiny pollinators can teach us about our world and ourselves?
Published on Wednesday, 7th July 2021.
How athletes feed themselves during extreme sporting events
Published on Wednesday, 30th June 2021.
The obvious next step in our busy lives, or a cause for concern?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd June 2021.
One headteacher's mission to put food at the heart of all learning
Published on Wednesday, 16th June 2021.
The renowned French chef tells his life story through five dishes.
Published on Wednesday, 9th June 2021.
The philosophy and passion behind your kitchen tools.
Published on Wednesday, 2nd June 2021.
The debate over ultra-processed foods and whether we should avoid them
Published on Wednesday, 26th May 2021.
Scientists claim it’s the future, but can they convince us to eat it?
Published on Wednesday, 19th May 2021.
How true flavour will revolutionise food and the mistake that re-focused his life's work.
Published on Wednesday, 12th May 2021.
Learning to cook after sight-loss and empowering others to do the same
Published on Wednesday, 5th May 2021.
Life without easy access to affordable, fresh food in Albany and St. Louis
Published on Wednesday, 28th April 2021.
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, on the movement's relevance in a post-pandemic world
Published on Wednesday, 21st April 2021.
Three cooks explain how you can teach a child to embrace hot food.
Published on Wednesday, 14th April 2021.
How the food industry convinced us to upsize, and why shrinking portions is so hard
Published on Wednesday, 7th April 2021.
The food businesses trying to stay afloat through coronavirus and a storm of racist abuse
Published on Wednesday, 31st March 2021.
As coronavirus batters restaurants, is now the time to shake up their unique wage system?
Published on Thursday, 25th March 2021.
Four stories of love, friendship and food during lockdown
Published on Thursday, 18th March 2021.
Coronavirus has strengthened calls for action on the 'sunshine vitamin' problem
Published on Thursday, 11th March 2021.
How football affects food for players and the people around them
Published on Thursday, 4th March 2021.
The influential chef and activist explains how she started a food revolution
Published on Thursday, 25th February 2021.
We meet some very old (bread) mothers and the families that care for them
Published on Thursday, 18th February 2021.
How a school meal is so much more than food
Published on Thursday, 11th February 2021.
The British food writer and TV cook tells us about her life through food
Published on Thursday, 4th February 2021.
The other big vote that took place in the US last November
Published on Thursday, 28th January 2021.
How food emojis make it to your keyboard and why it matters
Published on Thursday, 21st January 2021.
The Yukon mother who fed her three teenagers on local food for a year
Published on Thursday, 14th January 2021.
The ‘philosopher chef’ on the pandemic, the magic of pastry, and finding peace in cooking
Published on Thursday, 7th January 2021.
Two women, 8000 cookbooks
Published on Thursday, 31st December 2020.
The power of superstition, ritual and the belief in magic
Published on Thursday, 24th December 2020.
Coronavirus has sent more of us into the kitchen, but has it taught us how to cook?
Published on Thursday, 17th December 2020.
How do you put the hospitality back into hospital food?
Published on Thursday, 3rd December 2020.
The real reasons some countries swim against the tide of international opinion
Published on Thursday, 26th November 2020.
The humanitarian aid worker-turned chef trying to empower a continent through its food
Published on Thursday, 12th November 2020.
Three people who braved opening a food business during the pandemic
Published on Thursday, 5th November 2020.
Three parents explain how they persuaded their children to behave better at mealtimes
Published on Thursday, 29th October 2020.
The human stories of the battleground farms of Wisconsin
Published on Wednesday, 21st October 2020.
How food is used to win over voters in the US election
Published on Wednesday, 14th October 2020.
Why do fat people experience so much hatred?
Published on Wednesday, 7th October 2020.
The animals and forests being used for survival and profit in the pandemic's shadow
Published on Wednesday, 30th September 2020.
Could the pandemic make the world tackle its obesity problem?
Published on Wednesday, 23rd September 2020.
Has coronavirus shown we should all be preppers now?
Published on Wednesday, 16th September 2020.
A little-known chemical that changed the world
Published on Wednesday, 9th September 2020.
The Filipina chef on privilege, battling bulimia, and finding her identity through food
Published on Thursday, 3rd September 2020.
The chef fighting to bring true Native American cuisine back from the brink of extinction
Published on Wednesday, 26th August 2020.
Resignations, racism and revolt changing the way we write about food
Published on Wednesday, 19th August 2020.
The unique conditions that have led to global outbreaks at meat processing plants
Published on Wednesday, 12th August 2020.
The loneliness, the responsibility, the money, and food's power to create unique bonds
Published on Thursday, 6th August 2020.
How a six-month-old orphan went on to become a three Michelin star chef
Published on Thursday, 30th July 2020.
It’s something many of us intuitively believe, but it’s not always that simple
Published on Thursday, 23rd July 2020.
A disregarded daughter who defied expectation to run one of London's top restaurants
Published on Thursday, 16th July 2020.
How a near fatal car crash set an immigrant French chef on the path to US TV stardom
Published on Thursday, 9th July 2020.
The common Covid-19 symptom that's often overlooked, but can be permanent.
Published on Thursday, 2nd July 2020.
What coronavirus means for ailing fish stocks.
Published on Wednesday, 24th June 2020.
The 'Godfather of Italian cooking' in his final interview.
Published on Thursday, 18th June 2020.
The food entrepreneurs forced to innovate to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Published on Thursday, 11th June 2020.
The anatomy of empathy in a crisis.
Published on Wednesday, 3rd June 2020.
How farming can release deadly viruses from the wild.
Published on Wednesday, 27th May 2020.
They’ve been blamed for coronavirus, but some say calls to close them are misguided
Published on Thursday, 14th May 2020.
What will it mean to be a restaurant after coronavirus?
Published on Wednesday, 6th May 2020.
Some of the world’s top restaurateurs are refusing to take lockdown lying down
Published on Thursday, 30th April 2020.
The tough question being faced by many in developing countries.
Published on Wednesday, 22nd April 2020.
Stories of comfort, solidarity and hope behind closed doors in the coronavirus pandemic.
Published on Thursday, 16th April 2020.
The people stepping up to keep food flowing
Published on Wednesday, 8th April 2020.
The impact of stockpiling and lockdown on the global food supply chain.
Published on Wednesday, 1st April 2020.
Three craft brewers on why they walked away from their dream job.
Published on Thursday, 26th March 2020.
Why do millions of people go online to watch total strangers binge-eat junk food?
Published on Thursday, 19th March 2020.
Why a much-loved and much-needed part of life in South East Asia is under threat.
Published on Thursday, 12th March 2020.
The power of battered poultry and how it has come to achieve global domination
Published on Thursday, 5th March 2020.
How answers to some of agriculture's biggest questions could be found beyond Earth
Published on Thursday, 27th February 2020.
Three food scientists tell us how they manipulate flavour, shelf-life and appearance
Published on Thursday, 20th February 2020.
How the chef went from considering suicide to running a restaurant empire with De Niro
Published on Thursday, 13th February 2020.
The emerging condition linked to gluten and the fight over how to treat it
Published on Thursday, 6th February 2020.
Two restaurant owners trying to change two very different dining cultures
Published on Thursday, 30th January 2020.
How to create characters, meaning, and even entirely new worlds through food.
Published on Thursday, 23rd January 2020.
Farm vets are seeing worrying signs - can they help make livestock greener?
Published on Thursday, 16th January 2020.
Three women who went to extraordinary lengths in search of change
Published on Thursday, 2nd January 2020.
The Netflix star and best-selling author rising to the top of the culinary world
Published on Thursday, 26th December 2019.
Why do some of us still serve traditional holiday foods even though we don't like them?
Published on Thursday, 19th December 2019.
Artisan chocolatiers are on a mission to make our favourite treat more ethical
Published on Thursday, 12th December 2019.
What the person serving your wine is really thinking
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2019.
A culinary adventure from Ethiopia to Sweden to Harlem
Published on Thursday, 28th November 2019.
Borneo's bold plan to clean up a controversial industry
Published on Thursday, 21st November 2019.
Why running a bakery is like doing a triathlon, and why we've been eating bread all wrong
Published on Thursday, 14th November 2019.
Could we eat our way out of the packaging pollution problem?
Published on Thursday, 7th November 2019.
Who pays the real price for your takeaway?
Published on Thursday, 31st October 2019.
How a shortage of fruit pickers is affecting our food.
Published on Thursday, 17th October 2019.
What to do if you hate the way your partner eats
Published on Thursday, 10th October 2019.
Private chefs take us into the extravagant and sometimes disturbing world of celebrity
Published on Thursday, 3rd October 2019.
Why mental illness is a big problem for global agriculture
Published on Thursday, 26th September 2019.
The famous Chinese-American cook tells us about his life through food
Published on Thursday, 19th September 2019.
Farming and food on one of the world's most active volcanoes
Published on Thursday, 12th September 2019.
Should we be worried about money changing hands for wild ingredients?
Published on Thursday, 5th September 2019.
The debate over animal welfare and religious freedom.
Published on Thursday, 29th August 2019.
A new generation's plan to preserve a cultural institution in decline.
Published on Thursday, 22nd August 2019.
How well do family and work really mix when it comes to the food business?
Published on Thursday, 15th August 2019.
How food writers are using blogs and social media to change what and how you eat.
Published on Thursday, 8th August 2019.
When eating well becomes an act of defiance
Published on Thursday, 1st August 2019.
What the person making your coffee is really thinking.
Published on Thursday, 25th July 2019.
The top UK chef on her Italian roots and surviving in Gordon Ramsay's kitchen
Published on Thursday, 18th July 2019.
A deadly virus is devastating the world's biggest pork producers - how can it be stopped?
Published on Thursday, 11th July 2019.
Why meat and plant-based food producers are at war over words
Published on Thursday, 4th July 2019.
How to encourage more people to compost their food waste and persuade farmers to use it
Published on Thursday, 27th June 2019.
Three restaurateurs on why they walked away from their life-long dream.
Published on Thursday, 20th June 2019.
Akshaya Patra, the world's largest school meals programme, is our 2019 Global Champion
Published on Thursday, 13th June 2019.
The people changing the way we produce, consume and think about food.
Published on Thursday, 6th June 2019.
Published on Thursday, 30th May 2019.
Sugar is under attack - will candy be next in the firing line?
Published on Thursday, 23rd May 2019.
How do you eat when you have no home?
Published on Thursday, 16th May 2019.
Who really owns organic?
Published on Thursday, 9th May 2019.
The difficult mix of food and widowhood.
Published on Thursday, 2nd May 2019.
A tale of food and loss.
Published on Thursday, 25th April 2019.
The little heard voices who wash the world's dishes.
Published on Thursday, 18th April 2019.
Guns, knives, and safety alarms. Being a food safety inspector is a risky business
Published on Thursday, 11th April 2019.
How we use fiction to talk about our food, and how food can help tell stories
Published on Thursday, 4th April 2019.
The race to develop food supplements that could treat depression
Published on Thursday, 28th March 2019.
Three mothers on why they quit breastfeeding, and the stigma that followed
Published on Thursday, 21st March 2019.
The struggle to eat a varied diet on a remote island in the South Atlantic
Published on Thursday, 14th March 2019.
Who cashes in when a fruit or vegetable reaches celebrity status?
Published on Thursday, 28th February 2019.
Should children be taught to smell, taste, touch and even listen to food?
Published on Thursday, 21st February 2019.
Rarely-heard voices on little-known cuisines
Published on Thursday, 14th February 2019.
Cake makers feel the heat.
Published on Thursday, 7th February 2019.
The CEO of Le Cordon Bleu on privilege, French cuisine and kangaroo meat.
Published on Thursday, 31st January 2019.
What your butcher is really thinking.
Published on Thursday, 24th January 2019.
When showbiz meets 'foodbiz'
Published on Thursday, 17th January 2019.
The peculiar challenges of giving away food in different economies.
Published on Thursday, 10th January 2019.
How some of our strangest food stories panned out.
Published on Thursday, 27th December 2018.
The complex art of caffeine extraction and why taste is not the only challenge
Published on Thursday, 13th December 2018.
Should bourbon be used to reinvigorate Louisville, Kentucky?
Published on Thursday, 6th December 2018.
Who stands to gain from all the fury?
Published on Thursday, 29th November 2018.
The people who decide how your food tastes
Published on Thursday, 22nd November 2018.
A meat-eater watches a cow become beef.
Published on Thursday, 15th November 2018.
The people who make TV chefs look good.
Published on Thursday, 8th November 2018.
A fierce and powerful opponent?
Published on Thursday, 1st November 2018.
What is it like to live with a Michelin-starred chef?
Published on Thursday, 25th October 2018.
Who cares about 2,000 year old bread?
Published on Thursday, 18th October 2018.
How stereotypes about eating disorders can have life-threatening consequences
Published on Thursday, 11th October 2018.
Are eating disorders inevitable with economic development?
Published on Thursday, 4th October 2018.
Three critics from across the globe swap notes.
Published on Thursday, 27th September 2018.
Why not all of us are lapping it up
Published on Thursday, 20th September 2018.
Published on Thursday, 13th September 2018.
A tale of food and loss
Published on Thursday, 6th September 2018.
The curious metamorphosis of the celebrity chef.
Published on Wednesday, 29th August 2018.
From crops that grow in 8 weeks, to meals that can sit at room temperature for 3 years.
Published on Wednesday, 22nd August 2018.
The winner of our 2018 Global Food Champion award
Published on Wednesday, 15th August 2018.
Meet pop sensation turned Cordon Bleu-trained chef, Kelis Rogers
Published on Wednesday, 8th August 2018.
An extraordinary life story of love, courage and food
Published on Thursday, 2nd August 2018.
An insight into the world-famous chef and the food that made him
Published on Thursday, 26th July 2018.
The 'Godfather of Italian cooking' gives his final interview
Published on Thursday, 19th July 2018.
The most unforgettable meals from an extraordinary life
Published on Thursday, 12th July 2018.
The man some call the first modern celebrity chef
Published on Wednesday, 4th July 2018.
The hidden dangers of agriculture.
Published on Thursday, 28th June 2018.
One man's mission to end food waste. Oh, and world hunger.
Published on Thursday, 21st June 2018.
Why is horse meat taboo in some parts of the world, and should we eat more of it?
Published on Wednesday, 6th June 2018.
Nathan Myhrvold on one of the biggest bread research projects ever undertaken.
Published on Wednesday, 30th May 2018.
Popstar Kelis Rogers on 20 years in music and why food is her new calling
Published on Thursday, 24th May 2018.
The art and science of cooking for lots of people
Published on Wednesday, 16th May 2018.
Food is politics, as we look at authoritarian regimes, extremist groups and propaganda.
Published on Wednesday, 9th May 2018.
How authoritarian regimes control food, and what it's like to eat in their countries.
Published on Thursday, 3rd May 2018.
How do attitudes to 'fussy eating' vary across the globe?
Published on Thursday, 26th April 2018.
An extraordinary life story of loss, courage and food
Published on Friday, 20th April 2018.
How the food industry keeps its trade secrets.
Published on Wednesday, 11th April 2018.
Could blockchain disrupt the global food system?
Published on Wednesday, 4th April 2018.
The toxic mix of food poisoning and economics
Published on Thursday, 29th March 2018.
How food waste impacts wildlife and can bring animals into conflict with us
Published on Thursday, 22nd March 2018.
Why are humans especially vulnerable to big promises about food?
Published on Wednesday, 7th March 2018.
Three women who escaped war and conflict on how food helped them rebuild their lives
Published on Thursday, 1st March 2018.
Who wants to put genetically engineered animals on your plate?
Published on Thursday, 15th February 2018.
The battle to stop a deadly and contagious virus spreading through Europe's pig farms.
Published on Thursday, 8th February 2018.
Tales from people who go the extra mile to get their food.
Published on Thursday, 1st February 2018.
The devastating impact of taste disorders, and what they can teach us about our food
Published on Thursday, 25th January 2018.
The world-famous chef tells us about his life through five dishes
Published on Thursday, 18th January 2018.
The quest to curb rising alcohol levels in wine without losing flavour.
Published on Thursday, 11th January 2018.
Is food getting funnier? Do modern diets make it a richer sauce of comedy?
Published on Thursday, 4th January 2018.
What will this mean for food producers, and the quality and sustainability of your food?
Published on Thursday, 28th December 2017.
Do you think you know about food? Think again.
Published on Thursday, 21st December 2017.
Match-making websites, reality TV or smart tech - what would persuade you to be a farmer?
Published on Thursday, 14th December 2017.
The average age of a farmer is 60. So where have all the young farmers gone and why?
Published on Thursday, 7th December 2017.
Why many African cuisines are yet to make it on the global stage.
Published on Thursday, 30th November 2017.
Can Italy claim back the authenticity of it's food with a giant shopping mall?
Published on Thursday, 23rd November 2017.
Could Chewing gum save your life?
Published on Thursday, 9th November 2017.
How what we eat and drink can change depending on what it's served in.
Published on Thursday, 2nd November 2017.
What happens to your body when you eat 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes?
Published on Thursday, 19th October 2017.
Meet some of the world’s fastest eaters, and find out why they do it.
Published on Thursday, 12th October 2017.
The most unforgettable meals from an extraordinary life.
Published on Thursday, 5th October 2017.
Could maggots hold the key to satisfying the planet’s growing demand for meat?
Published on Thursday, 28th September 2017.
Could these squirming little creatures solve a global food problem?
Published on Thursday, 21st September 2017.
Let them eat cake? Why farmers feed their cows sweets.
Published on Thursday, 14th September 2017.
Meet the people changing what and how we eat.
Published on Thursday, 7th September 2017.
We travel to Tennessee to meet Sandor Katz, a man fascinated by fermentation.
Published on Thursday, 31st August 2017.
What the bread we eat can tell us about ourselves.
Published on Thursday, 24th August 2017.
Is social media kindling or killing our relationship with food?
Published on Thursday, 17th August 2017.
Is your government stockpiling enough food?
Published on Thursday, 10th August 2017.
Meet the people stockpiling food for any eventuality.
Published on Thursday, 3rd August 2017.
Drugs to treat peanut allergy are close to getting approval. But why now?
Published on Thursday, 27th July 2017.
Could East African hunter-gatherers lead us to the ideal human diet?
Published on Thursday, 20th July 2017.
Eat with one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer communities
Published on Thursday, 13th July 2017.
Who is putting micro-nutrients in your food - and who really benefits?
Published on Thursday, 6th July 2017.
How cookbooks have been used to demonstrate power, ideology and divide society
Published on Thursday, 29th June 2017.
To what extent can your diet help you live longer?
Published on Thursday, 22nd June 2017.
How social class has determined when we eat.
Published on Thursday, 15th June 2017.
The allure and mystique of the Michelin star
Published on Thursday, 8th June 2017.
When does old food become bad food?
Published on Thursday, 1st June 2017.
When is it OK to profit from the cuisine of a culture you were not born into?
Published on Thursday, 25th May 2017.
Do you pay enough for your cup of tea?
Published on Monday, 22nd May 2017.
How does food help solve crime?
Published on Thursday, 11th May 2017.
This is definitely not a cookery programme
Published on Thursday, 4th May 2017.
The wild bluefin tuna is being eaten to extinction. Can Japan afford to keep serving it?
Published on Thursday, 27th April 2017.
What does French food tell us about the country's future?
Published on Thursday, 20th April 2017.
The scary, frightening, and spooky stories that we like to tell about what we eat.
Published on Thursday, 13th April 2017.
When the pursuit of quality food destroys quality of life.
Published on Thursday, 6th April 2017.
The best pick of our award-winning programme which explores everything you eat.
Published on Thursday, 30th March 2017.
Is the humble spud the solution to the global food supply?
Published on Saturday, 25th March 2017.
Is the potato the 'food of the poor'?
Published on Saturday, 18th March 2017.
How your next meal might affect your next breath
Published on Saturday, 11th March 2017.
What fast food can tell us about the changing global economy.
Published on Friday, 3rd March 2017.
Understanding the truth about food shortages and how they are reported.
Published on Saturday, 25th February 2017.
A look at the important role food plays for people who have, or acquire, a disability.
Published on Saturday, 18th February 2017.
The organisms at the centre of our food web are stressed - and it affects your plate.
Published on Saturday, 11th February 2017.
What can one single dish tell you about America's history?
Published on Saturday, 4th February 2017.
We speak to a man who drank his food for 30 days, and explore liquefied food.
Published on Saturday, 21st January 2017.
The most abundant crop on earth is maize. We ask if we consume too much of it.
Published on Saturday, 14th January 2017.
The story of how one crop came to be the world's most important ingredient.
Published on Saturday, 7th January 2017.
Take part in the ultimate test of culinary trivia in our inaugural quiz
Published on Saturday, 31st December 2016.
How we view our food - and ourselves - through song.
Published on Saturday, 24th December 2016.
Two students tell us their survival diet whilst lost in a remote part of Turkey.
Published on Saturday, 17th December 2016.
Why do people struggle to feed themselves in wealthy societies?
Published on Saturday, 10th December 2016.
The sacrifices made by some women to put a meal on the family table.
Published on Saturday, 3rd December 2016.
What happens to food on the British breakfast table in a post-Brexit world?
Published on Saturday, 26th November 2016.
The story of what happens when we turn up the heat on what we eat.
Published on Saturday, 19th November 2016.
What happens to a food when people stop eating it?
Published on Saturday, 12th November 2016.
What does our diet say about our politics?
Published on Saturday, 5th November 2016.
Death's role in centuries of food culture, from corpse cakes to Mexico's Day of the Dead.
Published on Saturday, 29th October 2016.
Are parents wrong to impose their own restrictive diets on their children?
Published on Saturday, 22nd October 2016.
What would happen if everyone stopped eating animal products?
Published on Saturday, 15th October 2016.
How do people living through the Syrian conflict find food?
Published on Saturday, 8th October 2016.
Can a team of UK chefs win gold in the ultimate test of Chinese cuisine?
Published on Saturday, 1st October 2016.
Rats, squirrels camels, pigeons and snakes are considered vermin so should we eat them?
Published on Saturday, 24th September 2016.
Some say insects will be the next food fad. How do you feel about crunching on a cricket?
Published on Saturday, 17th September 2016.
Why is it so hard for truckers to eat well?
Published on Saturday, 10th September 2016.
We look at one of the world's biggest ever corporate takeovers, and it's all about beer.
Published on Friday, 2nd September 2016.
What does 'natural' mean when it comes to food?
Published on Saturday, 27th August 2016.
Our second episode to explore our relationship with food in extreme circumstances.
Published on Saturday, 20th August 2016.
The story of Ann Rodgers, who went missing in the Arizona wilderness back in March 2016.
Published on Saturday, 13th August 2016.
How much could your diet help you have a child? We separate the facts from the fiction.
Published on Saturday, 6th August 2016.
How does our food move around the world?
Published on Saturday, 30th July 2016.
We enter an arena usually hidden from public view - the kitchens that feed world leaders
Published on Tuesday, 26th July 2016.
The rise of nutricosmetics - foods that are claimed to make you beautiful
Published on Saturday, 16th July 2016.
Could cheese be the answer to some of Albania’s economic woes?
Published on Saturday, 9th July 2016.
After the UK vote to leave the EU, we look at models for agriculture around the world
Published on Saturday, 2nd July 2016.
Has there been a global shrugging off of table manners?
Published on Saturday, 25th June 2016.
The rebels and revolutionaries fighting against what some see as a food dictatorship
Published on Saturday, 18th June 2016.
As the Rio Olympics edge closer, we explore how food can make you a better athlete
Published on Saturday, 11th June 2016.
How a tiny country has become the world's second biggest exporter of farmed food.
Published on Saturday, 4th June 2016.
Is the junk food industry like the big tobacco companies when it comes to marketing?
Published on Saturday, 28th May 2016.
With fish stocks dwindling and illegal fishing rife, how do you police the oceans?
Published on Saturday, 21st May 2016.
The pet food industry, and its striking similarities to the human food chain
Published on Saturday, 14th May 2016.
The impact of natural disasters on a country's ability to feed itself.
Published on Saturday, 7th May 2016.
Is bottled water the ultimate marketing con, or a potential lifesaver?
Published on Saturday, 30th April 2016.
Amid warnings we are heading into post-antibiotic era, we ask if farmers are to blame.
Published on Saturday, 16th April 2016.
We explore the characters and cuisines that come out after dark .
Published on Saturday, 9th April 2016.
Manuela Saragosa looks at the business of serving and pleasing the ever-fickle customer.
Published on Saturday, 2nd April 2016.
The power food has to evoke memory and how memory impacts the food we eat
Published on Saturday, 26th March 2016.
Processed, packaged, flavoured and often pre-cooked food is now a norm but at what cost?
Published on Saturday, 19th March 2016.
Exploring a problem that is costing one in three of the world's calories.
Published on Saturday, 12th March 2016.
The relationship between food and the workplace
Published on Saturday, 5th March 2016.
What part should food play in punishment?
Published on Saturday, 27th February 2016.
Unpicking the issues of a global disease that is spiralling out of control
Published on Saturday, 6th February 2016.
Hipsters, food fads, and the culinary class wars
Published on Saturday, 12th December 2015.
The economics of breastfeeding and working mothers.
Published on Saturday, 28th November 2015.
From Manila to Havana, we explore the story and legacy of Chinatowns around the world.
Published on Saturday, 21st November 2015.
Want to be a chef? Low entry level wages along with culinary college debt makes it hard
Published on Saturday, 14th November 2015.
How to feed the biggest refugee crisis since World War Two
Published on Saturday, 31st October 2015.
What does it take to eat on the front line?
Published on Saturday, 12th September 2015.
Can the world’s largest democracy guarantee its citizens the right to their next meal?
Published on Saturday, 5th September 2015.
Faith, food, and politics in the world's largest democracy.
Published on Saturday, 29th August 2015.
From a baby’s first cry to the funeral feast: food as the language of love.
Published on Saturday, 15th August 2015.
The Food Chain returns to explore one of the world's most important foods: the chicken.
Published on Friday, 14th August 2015.
Can a food company stay small and still survive?
Published on Saturday, 20th June 2015.
How does gender affect what we eat, cook and what food we buy and why does it matter?
Published on Saturday, 13th June 2015.
Most of our food is farmed. Should fish be, too?
Published on Saturday, 6th June 2015.
The mixed messages of the science of eating and why not all experts agree.
Published on Saturday, 30th May 2015.
The global network of commerce that flavours our food
Published on Saturday, 23rd May 2015.
How the coffee industry is changing for growers, sellers, and consumers around the world.
Published on Saturday, 16th May 2015.
The risks of food fraud sourced via a complicated global supply chain
Published on Friday, 27th March 2015.
Should you force feed a fussy child?
Published on Friday, 20th March 2015.
Exploring the medical and cultural dimensions of the prenatal diet
Published on Friday, 13th March 2015.
Do you have what it takes to be a farmer? Is a job in agriculture a smart career choice?
Published on Friday, 6th March 2015.
The controversies behind hand outs to hungry citizens
Published on Friday, 27th February 2015.
Is technology at mealtimes too disruptive?
Published on Friday, 20th February 2015.
Why it can take nine months to name a new apple and has "foodie" jargon gone too far?
Published on Friday, 13th February 2015.
Do you take a hit to your wallet, your social life and even your health by dining alone?
Published on Monday, 9th February 2015.
The business of keeping food cool, from farm to fork
Published on Friday, 30th January 2015.
Turning straw into sugar, Lesotho's trout farms for Japanese sushi, healthy Dunkin Donuts
Published on Friday, 9th January 2015.
Does a little of what you fancy do you good - or should we avoid it at all costs?
Published on Friday, 2nd January 2015.
What does feasting say about human nature - and is it good for us?
Published on Friday, 26th December 2014.
Food is increasingly engineered - who decides if a new food technology is safe?
Published on Friday, 5th December 2014.
What happens to a cuisine's national identity once it crosses international borders?
Published on Friday, 28th November 2014.
As politics changes - does our food follow suit?
Published on Friday, 14th November 2014.
Can business and science provide a solution to why we waste so much food?
Published on Friday, 7th November 2014.
Is our appetite for the trendiest health foods based on science, or clever marketing?
Published on Friday, 31st October 2014.
