Living with water shortages

The cities living with drought and limited water supplies

• 26 mins

How work changed lunch

The history and evolution of the workplace lunch

• 29 mins

Just vanilla

Underappreciated and unfairly maligned. Is vanilla worth reconsidering?

• 26 mins

We are 10!

We are celebrating 10 years of The Food Chain with some of our favourite moments

• 28 mins

How did fast food become so successful?

The story of how fast-food chains took over the world

• 26 mins

Croffle, anyone?

The rise of the dessert café and the extraordinary creations it’s spawned

• 26 mins

Stadium food

The best – and worst – things to eat at sports grounds across the world

• 26 mins

Has Christmas food gone mad?

Inside the race for creating the most eye-catching festive flavours

• 26 mins

What's the point of cookbooks?

We ask why people are still willing to pay for recipes

• 29 mins

Should we eat less rice?

This staple grain is impacted by and contributes to climate change

• 29 mins

Is anyone following dietary guidelines?

Exploring how realistic official healthy-eating advice is

• 26 mins

Crunch!

Why we like crunchy foods, and what benefits they might have

• 28 mins

The world's oldest restaurants

How has the oldest restaurant in the world stayed open for 300 years?

• 26 mins

How to make a TV cooking show

Three TV cooking programme producers provide the secret ingredients to a hit cooking show

• 26 mins

Masters of the craft

What motivates someone to dedicate years of their life to learning one skill?

• 26 mins

Bouillon: The story of stock

How the simplest dish influenced restaurants and cuisine today

• 26 mins

Why we love noodles

The history and evolution of this popular food

• 26 mins

The art of food branding

The designers influencing what and where you eat

• 26 mins

Why is saffron so expensive?

What it takes to harvest the world’s priciest spice

• 26 mins

The power of the review

How reviews are changing and what that means for restaurants

• 26 mins

How to run a local shop

Why convenience stores are having to change to stay in business

• 29 mins

The packaging problem

Sustainable packaging is evolving, but will consumer habits catch up?

• 26 mins

What’s the future for Indigenous food?

First Nations people in Canada talk about opportunities and barriers to food security.

• 26 mins

Food cottage industries

We hear from the women making food products at home as a source of income

• 26 mins

A fresh start

The bakeries and eateries employing staff with criminal records or history of addiction

• 26 mins