Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, which once a year, hosts a Cheese Makers Market where members of the public and professionals alike can see, taste and buy some of the wonderful cheeses produced throughout Europe and the United Kingdom.
Journey across the globe to discover the story behind tea and tea drinking. Taste different teas with world class specialists in London, visit a Fujian tea market in South East China, savor some of the most reputable teas in the world,
We reveals how our love affair with chocolate began in Southern Mexico and Central America, where people living deep in the tropical rainforests discovered the edible properties of Theobroma cacao, referred to as the food of the gods.
We discover the phenomena behind coffee and coffee consumption. Coffee grows in the 'Bean belt', an area between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, in Asia, Africa, Central and South America, the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean.
The discovery of the bean in Ethiopia more than a thousand years ago, its journey into Arabia where it became a drink favoured among Moslems, and then to the growing number of coffee houses in the Ottoman Empire.
Discover the origins of beer consumption where evidence dating back as early as 10,000BC reveals beer being drunk in the Middle East and ancient Egypt.
The Story of Spice conjures images of tempting culinary arts, fascinating travels to faraway lands, bitter struggles for supremacy and the rise and fall of empires.
Our programme begins at The South of England Society show which hosts and promotes farming, agriculture and the countryside. Here we meet Iain Nicol, CEO of the society who explains the importance of livestock at this spectacular event.
Discover the extraordinary journey of the world's most delectable addiction. Kate embarks on this voyage of discovery meeting historian author Dr.Matthew Green to learn about the origins of sugar.
Ramadan is heralded by the sighting of the month's new moon and closes in the same fashion. It is capped with a celebration known as Eid-Ul-Fitr. Selfless, humbling and edifying,