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The Food Chain

BBC World Service

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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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Episodes (1097)

OCD, the kitchen, and me

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Sep 15, 202128:44pending

The power of a photograph

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Sep 8, 202135:34pending

The unstoppable rise of starch

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Aug 25, 202130:17pending

Is there a ‘chefsplainer’ in your kitchen?

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Aug 4, 202129:27pending

Is it time to kill the calorie?

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Jul 28, 202132:05pending

Should 'junk food' sponsor sport?

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Jul 21, 202130:37pending

Life lessons from the honey bee

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Jul 7, 202129:35pending

The endurance diet

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Jun 30, 202128:27pending

The lure of on-demand groceries

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Jun 23, 202127:00pending

The school that food built

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Jun 16, 202136:57pending

Raymond Blanc: My life in five dishes

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Jun 9, 202135:24pending

Inside the mind of a kitchen gadget

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Jun 2, 202127:03pending

Do we need to talk about ‘ultra-processed food’?

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May 26, 202134:56pending

What's the appetite for gene edited food?

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May 19, 202136:07pending

Dan Barber: My life in five dishes

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May 12, 202128:03pending

The blind cooks

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May 5, 202128:28pending

America's 'food apartheid'

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Apr 28, 202126:15pending

The man taking on fast food

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Apr 21, 202131:21pending

How to love chillies

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Apr 14, 202126:32pending

Portion distortion

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Apr 7, 202131:57pending

A year in the life of a Chinese restaurant

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Mar 31, 202126:30pending

Should the US abandon tipping?

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Mar 25, 202126:43pending

The food that broke through lockdown

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Mar 18, 202128:32pending

Is it time to add vitamin D to food?

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Mar 11, 202129:27pending

How to feed a footballer

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Mar 4, 202129:34pending

Alice Waters: My life in five dishes

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Feb 25, 202134:06pending

Sourdough love stories

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Feb 18, 202129:10pending

Has coronavirus changed school meals for ever?

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Feb 11, 202132:53pending

Nigella Lawson: My life in five dishes

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Feb 4, 202137:44pending

Divided by drink: A tale from dry America

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Jan 28, 202129:58pending

The power of food emojis

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Jan 21, 202126:17pending

The arctic eating adventure

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Jan 14, 202130:52pending

Yotam Ottolenghi: My life in five dishes

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Jan 7, 202131:10pending

Too many cookbooks?

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Dec 31, 202026:13pending

What's food got to do with destiny?

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Dec 24, 202027:30pending

Lockdown food fails

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Dec 17, 202027:02pending

The chef who took on hospital food

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Dec 3, 202027:08pending

Why the whale hunt continues

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Nov 26, 202031:09pending

Selassie Atadika: My life in five dishes

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Nov 12, 202035:10pending

Opening a restaurant in a pandemic

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Nov 5, 202027:04pending

How to enjoy eating with your own children

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Oct 29, 202028:29pending

One election, two farmers

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Oct 21, 202026:36pending

How does food make a president?

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Oct 14, 202029:10pending

Facing fat hatred

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Oct 7, 202028:43pending

Plundering the planet under cover of coronavirus

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Sep 30, 202035:11pending

Coronavirus: Obesity's defining moment?

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Sep 23, 202027:16pending

The preppers and the pandemic

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Sep 16, 202027:30pending

The fertiliser that blew up Beirut

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Sep 9, 202029:44pending

Margarita Forés: My life in five dishes

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Sep 3, 202030:10pending

Sean Sherman: My life in five dishes

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Aug 26, 202032:38pending
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