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Living with water shortages
The cities living with drought and limited water supplies
How work changed lunch
The history and evolution of the workplace lunch
Just vanilla
Underappreciated and unfairly maligned. Is vanilla worth reconsidering?
We are 10!
We are celebrating 10 years of The Food Chain with some of our favourite moments
How did fast food become so successful?
The story of how fast-food chains took over the world
Croffle, anyone?
The rise of the dessert café and the extraordinary creations it’s spawned
Stadium food
The best – and worst – things to eat at sports grounds across the world
Has Christmas food gone mad?
Inside the race for creating the most eye-catching festive flavours
What's the point of cookbooks?
We ask why people are still willing to pay for recipes
Should we eat less rice?
This staple grain is impacted by and contributes to climate change
Is anyone following dietary guidelines?
Exploring how realistic official healthy-eating advice is
Crunch!
Why we like crunchy foods, and what benefits they might have
The world's oldest restaurants
How has the oldest restaurant in the world stayed open for 300 years?
How to make a TV cooking show
Three TV cooking programme producers provide the secret ingredients to a hit cooking show
Masters of the craft
What motivates someone to dedicate years of their life to learning one skill?
Bouillon: The story of stock
How the simplest dish influenced restaurants and cuisine today
Why we love noodles
The history and evolution of this popular food
The art of food branding
The designers influencing what and where you eat
Why is saffron so expensive?
What it takes to harvest the world’s priciest spice
The power of the review
How reviews are changing and what that means for restaurants
How to run a local shop
Why convenience stores are having to change to stay in business
The packaging problem
Sustainable packaging is evolving, but will consumer habits catch up?
What’s the future for Indigenous food?
First Nations people in Canada talk about opportunities and barriers to food security.
Food cottage industries
We hear from the women making food products at home as a source of income
A fresh start
The bakeries and eateries employing staff with criminal records or history of addiction
Stress, eat, repeat?
What happens to our eating habits when we’re stressed, and how to change that
Snackification: Our love affair with snacks
How did snacking start and why do we do it?
Let food do the talking
Does food have the power to send messages when words aren’t enough?
May contain: The food allergy risk
What it’s like to be diagnosed with life-threatening food allergies?
