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The art of food diplomacy

Using food to gain influence on the world stage.

• 28 mins

The taste test

How much power does the consumer really have?

• 27 mins

What's in a national dish?

The stories behind some of the most famous national foods.

• 29 mins

Bonnie Garmus: My life in five dishes

The author of Lessons in Chemistry on what inspired the food in her novel

• 29 mins

Can you eat your way to 100?

What a centenarian鈥檚 diet looks like

• 27 mins

How to feed a city

Fast growing cities will put increasing pressure on food security.

• 27 mins

The rise of private chefs

Are you always guaranteed the luxury experience you鈥檙e paying for?

• 27 mins

Why is food so expensive in Ghana?

How rising prices are impacting people's lives.

• 29 mins

Cooking in extreme places

The chefs serving meals up mountains, pizza under the sea and tapas in Antarctica

• 27 mins

How to read a menu

Restaurants use language, psychology and behavioural economics to influence your choice

• 30 mins

Eco scores on food labels

The EU wants to introduce a sustainability score on packaging

• 27 mins

Food for new mums

Which foods does your body need after giving birth?

• 27 mins

Pesticide exports

Should the global rules governing pesticide sales be tougher?

• 27 mins

How to stop cooking killing

Millions die each year because of their stoves, so what's being done about it?

• 27 mins

Feed your brain

Why is it important to 鈥榝eed鈥� your brain?

• 27 mins

Festive food stories

Which celebration dish is your favourite?

• 29 mins

Another year away from home

Two families displaced by the war in Ukraine reflect on their second year away from home

• 27 mins

The preservers

Meet the people preserving food to make it last longer

• 32 mins

How to invent an apple

The fascinating history and future of the apples you buy in the supermarket

• 27 mins

Is Chinese food the best in the world?

What centuries of Chinese cuisine can teach us today

• 30 mins

Rebuilding Turkey鈥檚 food culture

We report on the impact of the 2023 earthquakes on food businesses in Antakya, Turkey

• 27 mins

Detroit's urban farmers

Meet the people growing food on vacant land in this US city

• 31 mins

Table talk

Why what you talk about over dinner matters

• 27 mins

Is this ultra processed?

What is ultra processed food, and how can you spot it?

• 33 mins

The school cooks

Three lunch chefs take us behind the scenes of canteen culture

• 27 mins

The fifth taste

How to cook with umami and MSG

• 30 mins

Why we love dumplings

You say 鈥榢enkey鈥�, I say 鈥榙im sum鈥�. Where did dumplings really come from?

• 27 mins

Fasting and feasting

Is fasting for faith good for the mind and body?

• 32 mins

The real Willy Wonkas

What鈥檚 it really like to work in a chocolate factory?

• 27 mins

How to run a restaurant

With restaurants up against it, what is the winning formula for running one?

• 26 mins