Sheila Dillon and Alex Renton: The Food Programme: 13 Foods That Shape Our World

<p>This week, is all about <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnx3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Food Programme</a>, the Radio 4’s mighty series which has been examining our food, its culture and its politics for 43 years, and its first BBC book by Alex Renton taking us through <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/144/1444805/the-food-programme--13-foods-that-shape-our-world/9781785947384.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">13 Foods that Shape our World</a>.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5M1QcjTch23RVD1lVbxHbfH/sheila-dillon-profile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sheila Dillon</a>, presenter of The Food Programme for much of that time has written the foreword. Gilly first met her back in 2017 for the <a href="https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/listen-in-for-sheila-dillons-thoughts-on-the-rise-of-the-food-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>delicious. </em>podcast</a> when the Food Programme was under threat from Radio 4. A mass outpouring of love for the show, new presenters, and now, a book, are just some of the results of that enforced rethink.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Before Gilly chats to Alex about his four food moments from the book, Sheila reveals her own existential pondering, and a surprising fragility considering her role as doyenne of food in Britain.</p><br><p><br></p><p>And if you've been following Gilly's adventures in cookery @cookingthebookswithgillysmith, you can join in. To get 10% off the Essentials online course,&nbsp;go to<strong> </strong><a href="http://leithsonline.com/courses/essential-cooking" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">leithsonline.com/courses/essential-cooking</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Click ‘enrol’ on course page and apply the code at checkout: GILLY10 </p><br><p>If you fancy a free Hollandaise mini-course, sign up for a Workshop app account or login at: app.workshop.ws/profile, click ‘Redeem Coupon’ on the sidebar and enter code GILLYSGIFT&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p sty