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  1. Breakfast

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    Available since Sunday.

    Tim Hayward offers reflections on the past, present and future of the British breakfast.

  2. The Life of Pie

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    Available since Sun, 20 May 2012.

    Tim Hayward on how the public and chefs fell back in love with the humble British pie.

  3. A Soya Bean Future?

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    Available since Sun, 13 May 2012.

    What is the future for one of the world's most successful and controversial crops, soya?

  4. Seaweed, a Forgotten Food?

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    Available since Sun, 6 May 2012.

    Nutritious, tasty but overlooked, Sheila Dillon asks if seaweed is the food of the future?

  5. A Scramble for Eggs?

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    Available since Tue, 1 May 2012.

    Sheila Dillon looks at changes to egg supplies following the EU's ban on battery cages.

  6. The New Beer Frontier

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    Available since Sun, 29 Apr 2012.

    Dan Saladino finds out why America's brewing scene is a growing influence on British beer.

  7. The Fermentation Revival

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    Available since Sun, 22 Apr 2012.

    Sheila Dillon on an ancient, mysterious yet essential food-making process - fermentation.

  8. The Therapy of Food

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    Available since Sun, 15 Apr 2012.

    Sheila Dillon looks at the spiritual and therapeutic value many place on bread making.

  9. Biscuits: A Serious Business

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    Available since Sun, 8 Apr 2012.

    Simon Parkes delves into the fast-changing world of a British favourite, the biscuit.

  10. In Praise of Stock

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    Available since Sun, 1 Apr 2012.

    Tim Hayward explores one of the most humble and complex of kitchen staples, stock.

  11. Free From Foods

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    Available since Sun, 25 Mar 2012.

    Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.

  12. Japan, Fukushima and food

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    Available since Sun, 18 Mar 2012.

    Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.

  13. The Food We Eat

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    Available since Sun, 11 Mar 2012.

    Sheila Dillon and author Michael Pollan on the shifting sands of our global diet.

  14. Britain's Food Safety Net

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    Available since Sun, 4 Mar 2012.

    Who makes sure our food is safe and how? A report on Britain's food safety net.

  15. Food Clubs

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    Available since Sun, 26 Feb 2012.

    Sheila Dillon looks at how people are clubbing together to buy budget and luxury food.

  16. Comfort Food

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    Available since Sun, 19 Feb 2012.

    In these uncomfortable times, Sheila Dillon asks what role food plays in giving comfort.

  17. Adventures in Vegetarian Cuisine

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    Available since Sun, 12 Feb 2012.

    Can a new wave of vegetarian chefs and food writers change mainstream cuisine?

  18. The Trouble with Chocolate

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    Available since Sun, 5 Feb 2012.

    Sheila Dillon explains why supplies of cocoa around the world are facing a tricky future.

  19. Generation Food

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    Available since Sun, 29 Jan 2012.

    A profile of the people coming up with radical ideas for food in the UK.

  20. London 2012, Coke and McDonalds

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    Available since Sun, 22 Jan 2012.

    Food and the Olympics. Guest presenter John Inverdale looks ahead to London 2012.

  21. Food Stories: What Happened Next?

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    Available since Sun, 15 Jan 2012.

    Sheila Dillon reports on the major developments in the big food stories of 2011.

  22. New Year's Food Quiz

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    Available since Sun, 8 Jan 2012.

    Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge.

  23. The Food Quiz

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    Available since Sun, 1 Jan 2012.

    Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival

  24. Gin and Botanicals

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    Available since Sun, 25 Dec 2011.

    Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin.

  25. The Price of Food

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    Available since Sun, 18 Dec 2011.

    Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat.

  26. Britain's best food markets

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    Available since Sun, 11 Dec 2011.

    Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards

  27. Britain's best food producers

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    Available since Sun, 4 Dec 2011.

    Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011

  28. A Special (Food) Relationship

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    Available since Sun, 27 Nov 2011.

    Mark Bittman, chief food writer at the New York Times, meets three campaigning UK chefs.

  29. Future Food

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    Available since Sun, 20 Nov 2011.

    Simon Parkes meets the people trying to come up with food ideas for the future.

  30. Into the Wild

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    Available since Sun, 13 Nov 2011.

    Feeding a restaurant trend, Sheila Dillon investigates the world of commercial foragers.

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