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Ever Wondered About Food Series Five
Onions and Garlic
- Broadcast
- 2007 (29 mins)
While the world may be a "great big onion" nothing divides us quite like garlic. In the edition of ever wondered about food chef Paul Merrett discovers that why the onion caused the first strike in recorded...
Ever Wondered About Food Series Five
Milk
- Broadcast
- 2007 (29 mins)
Chef Paul MERRETT discovers the many uses of milk, including its role in fuelling Genghis Khan’s armies and how it keeps astronauts healthy in space.
Ever Wondered About Food Series Five
Bananas
- Broadcast
- 2007 (29 mins)
Paul MERRETT reps on the banana being the world’s most popular fruit and its possible extinction. political influence sport
Ever Wondered About Food Series Five
Peppers
- Broadcast
- 2007 (29 mins)
Once a well kept secret deep in the heart of the South American jungle, a quarter of the world’s population now eat chillies or peppers every day and chilli powder is the world’s most popular spice. Chef...
Ever Wondered About Food Series Five
Tea
- Broadcast
- 2007 (29 mins)
Chef Paul MERRETT explores the history of tea and explains how it can settle nerves. He also reveals how to make the perfect cup, accompanied by scones, jam and cream.
Ever Wondered About Food Series Five
Honey
- Broadcast
- 2007 (29 mins)
Chef Paul MERRETT traces the production of honey from the beehive to the breakfast table & learns why honeys don’t all taste the same & he finds out why bees are moving to the heart of London. medicinal...
Ever Wondered About Food Series Four
Berries
- Broadcast
- 2006 (29 mins)
Did you know a strawberry isn’t technically a berry, but grapes and kiwi fruits are? Botanists and chefs may quibble over definitions but the fruit we think of as berries are more popular than ever - last...
Ever Wondered About Food Series Four
Fish
- Broadcast
- 2006 (29 mins)
5/6 docs on the history of food pres by Paul MERRETT. He looks at history of popular fish dishes & the science behind food trawled from the sea, why cod liver oil is good, & how to gut a fish, & steamed sea...
Ever Wondered About Food series Four
Nuts
- Broadcast
- 2006 (29 mins)
Paul MERRETT pres prog about the history of the use of nuts in food. dinosaurs King Solomon Apollo 14
Ever Wondered About Food Series Four
Rice
- Broadcast
- 2006 (29 mins)
The story of rice charts our own history - from pre-historic- caves, to the ‘caviar’ of the middle ages and the race struggles of the New World. With over 100,000 varieties of rice, and almost as many...