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THE FOOD PROGRAMME
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Sunday 12:30-13:00,
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Investigating every aspect of the food we eat |
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Sunday 05 March 2006 |
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For the last decade, a wave of immigrants has come to Britain bringing new languages, cultures and religions. And with EU enlargement in 2004, thousands more have uprooted themselves to start a new life in the UK.
Food does not seem to share the same boundaries as politics and religion, but how difficult is it for immigrant populations to keep their food culture alive and how influenced are they by the traditional fare of the British Isles?
The Food Programme talks to Latvians in Northern Ireland and to Polish people in London, amongst others, and explores a world of new tastes from Eastern Europe.
Sheila Dillon visits Lituanica a shop specialising in the food of Eastern Europe and she speaks to Lithuanian entrepreneur Roland Sukowska.
Reporter Barbara Collins visits Lappin Mushrooms outside the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland to talk to the company's owner Kieran Lappin and some of his Latvian employees.
Sheila talks to author Laima Muktupavela about her experience of working in the Irish mushroom sheds. Her book about her experiences as a mushroom picker is called (in translation) The Mushroom Covenant.
Sheila also speaks to Llmars Mecsz, head of the Riga bureau of the International Organisation for Migration, part of the UN.
Sheila visits Polish Specialities in West London run by Magda Harvey and Patio,one of London 's oldest Polish restaurants and talks to owner, Ewa Michalik.
Sheila is joined in the studio by cook and food writer Silvena Rowe and by Welsh farmer Martin Orbach who has strong family links with Hungary and is a regular visitor there. He recently toured the pickle market in Budapest and was fascinated by the method of salami production there.
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Further information
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Lituanica
41 - 42 Railway Approach
London
SE1 9SS
Tel: 020 7403 1735
Lappin Mushrooms
86 Cormeen Road
Armagh
County Armagh
BT60 4NA
Tel: 028 3752 2260
International Organisation for Migration
Polish Specialities
226-228 King Street
London
W6 0RF
Tel: 020 8741 1940/020 8741 0398
Patio
5 Goldhawk Road
London
W12 8QQ
Tel: 020 8743 5194
Ania's Poland
Books
The Mushroom Covenant by Laima Muktupavela published in Latvia but currently unavailable in the UK .
Silvena Rowe is publishing a book on the food of Eastern Europe in October 2006. It will be published by Mitchell Beazley.
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