The Food Chain Podcast
The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.
Episodes to download
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Food double-acts: TV chefs
Thu 11 Apr 2024
The chefs who have found brilliant on-screen chemistry with a friend
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How to run a restaurant
Thu 4 Apr 2024
With restaurants up against it, what is the winning formula for running one?
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Why we love dumplings
Thu 14 Mar 2024
You say ‘kenkey’, I say ‘dim sum’. Where did dumplings really come from?
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Rebuilding Turkey’s food culture
Thu 1 Feb 2024
We report on the impact of the 2023 earthquakes on food businesses in Antakya, Turkey
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Is Chinese food the best in the world?
Thu 25 Jan 2024
What centuries of Chinese cuisine can teach us today
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How to invent an apple
Thu 18 Jan 2024
The fascinating history and future of the apples you buy in the supermarket
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Another year away from home
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Two families displaced by the war in Ukraine reflect on their second year away from home
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How to stop cooking killing
Thu 7 Dec 2023
Millions die each year because of their stoves, so what's being done about it?
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Eco scores on food labels
Thu 16 Nov 2023
The EU wants to introduce a sustainability score on packaging
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How to read a menu
Thu 9 Nov 2023
Restaurants use language, psychology and behavioural economics to influence your choice
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Cooking in extreme places
Thu 2 Nov 2023
The chefs serving meals up mountains, pizza under the sea and tapas in Antarctica
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The rise of private chefs
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Are you always guaranteed the luxury experience you’re paying for?
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How to feed a city
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Fast growing cities will put increasing pressure on food security.
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Bonnie Garmus: My life in five dishes
Thu 28 Sep 2023
The author of Lessons in Chemistry on what inspired the food in her novel
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What's in a national dish?
Thu 21 Sep 2023
The stories behind some of the most famous national foods.
Food Chain highlights
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