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Coffee: Served with everything from cat cuddles to Chelsea buns

Coffee: Served with everything from cat cuddles to Chelsea buns

Coffee: Served with everything from cat cuddles to Chelsea buns

25 October 2024

Raise a mug to UK Coffee Week with a visit to one of our area’s top cafés (and be sure to order a sweet treat too)


Opening: Top tea brand Bird & Blend comes to Cambridge

Opening: Top tea brand Bird & Blend comes to Cambridge

Opening: Top tea brand Bird & Blend comes to Cambridge

25 October 2024

Top tea brand Bird & Blend cuts the ribbon on its Cambridge store this week – with free goodies for the first through the door. . .


Drink: Why Suffolk rum Eighty-Six Friends is a real crowd-pleaser

Drink: Why Suffolk rum Eighty-Six Friends is a real crowd-pleaser

Drink: Why Suffolk rum Eighty-Six Friends is a real crowd-pleaser

25 October 2024

Founded to create “a drink that everyone at a party would enjoy”, Suffolk rum brand Eighty-Six Friends is winning fans for its natural flavours


Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating

Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating

Recipe: Treats that trick you into healthier eating

06 October 2024

Want to bake Halloween treats that are cute and tasty but not full of nasties? Make these mummy cookies, courtesy of Sevenhills Wholefoods


Five Global Flavours: Locally baked breads from around the world

Five Global Flavours: Locally baked breads from around the world

Five Global Flavours: Locally baked breads from around the world

04 October 2024

One Two Culinary Stew blogger Pina Broccoli Anaia takes us on a world food tour in her regular column. On the menu this month: our daily bread


Cooking the Seasons: Forage and glean with Waste Not Rowen

Cooking the Seasons: Forage and glean with Waste Not Rowen

Cooking the Seasons: Forage and glean with Waste Not Rowen

27 September 2024

In his quarterly column, no-waste chef Rowen Halstead, who’s based in Bury St Edmunds, celebrates East Anglia’s finest seasonal produce


WanderSups: Feeling autumn's chill? Get cosy with a plate of birria tacos

WanderSups: Feeling autumn's chill? Get cosy with a plate of birria tacos

WanderSups: Feeling autumn's chill? Get cosy with a plate of birria tacos

27 September 2024

Hannah Gregory, Velvet’s resident recipe writer, staves off autumn’s chills with a plate of birria tacos. . .


Sourdough September: The best local places to buy your daily bread

Sourdough September: The best local places to buy your daily bread

Sourdough September: The best local places to buy your daily bread

13 September 2024

To mark Sourdough September, Velvet’s Alice Ryan visits the Newmarket and Saffron Walden bakeries loved for their loaves


On the Table: Cambridge Cookery’s Tine talks sourdough

On the Table: Cambridge Cookery’s Tine talks sourdough

On the Table: Cambridge Cookery’s Tine talks sourdough

12 September 2024

As we mark Sourdough September, Cambridge Cookery MD Tine Roche demystifies the not-so-humble loaf


Recipe: WanderSups cuts the ribbon on crumble season

Recipe: WanderSups cuts the ribbon on crumble season

Recipe: WanderSups cuts the ribbon on crumble season

06 September 2024

“A fond goodbye to summer and a warm welcome to winter. . .” Hannah Gregory, Velvet’s resident recipe writer, makes the ultimate autumnal crumble


Event: East Anglia’s biggest food and drink trade show is back

Event: East Anglia’s biggest food and drink trade show is back

Event: East Anglia’s biggest food and drink trade show is back

24 August 2024

Returning for its second year, don’t miss the biggest food and drink trade show in East Anglia – eat. 2024!


Good Cooking: Make a vibrant vegan summer stew

Good Cooking: Make a vibrant vegan summer stew

Good Cooking: Make a vibrant vegan summer stew

18 August 2024

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for August: butterbean and tomato stew


Food & Drink: Tour Cambridge’s Mill Road with Poppet Pics

Food & Drink: Tour Cambridge’s Mill Road with Poppet Pics

Food & Drink: Tour Cambridge’s Mill Road with Poppet Pics

15 August 2024

Cambridge artist Lucy Jones of Poppet Pics takes us on a food (and drink) tour of the city’s Mill Road. Words by Alice Ryan


Wine o’Clock: Summer’s coolest reds, whites, rosés and bubbles

Wine o’Clock: Summer’s coolest reds, whites, rosés and bubbles

Wine o’Clock: Summer’s coolest reds, whites, rosés and bubbles

14 August 2024

Whether you’re throwing a garden party or dining alfresco à deux, these are the ‘sensational summer sippers’ you’ll want to try. . .


Openings: An African restaurant, an ice cream parlour and a pair of pizza joints

Openings: An African restaurant, an ice cream parlour and a pair of pizza joints

Openings: An African restaurant, an ice cream parlour and a pair of pizza joints

09 August 2024

Bottomless pizza, grilled goat and vegan frozerts: what’s new to the menu in Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge


Five Global Flavours: Follow the van. . . Cambridge’s best street food

Five Global Flavours: Follow the van. . . Cambridge’s best street food

Five Global Flavours: Follow the van. . . Cambridge’s best street food

08 August 2024

In her regular column, One Two Culinary Stew’s Pina takes us on a world food tour. . . right on our doorstep. On the menu this month: street food


Cooking: Bin the burnt burgers: here’s how to barbecue the Asian way

Cooking: Bin the burnt burgers: here’s how to barbecue the Asian way

Cooking: Bin the burnt burgers: here’s how to barbecue the Asian way

02 August 2024

Level up your barbecue with easy but impressive Asian-inspired grills, sides, nibbles and drinks. So writes award-winning Suffolk chef Lilian Hiw


Food: We try the Cambridge-inspired afternoon tea at Parker’s Tavern

Food: We try the Cambridge-inspired afternoon tea at Parker’s Tavern

Food: We try the Cambridge-inspired afternoon tea at Parker’s Tavern

01 August 2024

Fresh from the oven, the warm scones at Parker’s Tavern were amongst the best we’ve tasted!


Good Cooking: Start your day with a bowl of superfoods muesli

Good Cooking: Start your day with a bowl of superfoods muesli

Good Cooking: Start your day with a bowl of superfoods muesli

26 July 2024

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for July: superfoods summer muesli


Food News: New venues, new menus, a collab and a festival

Food News: New venues, new menus, a collab and a festival

Food News: New venues, new menus, a collab and a festival

12 July 2024

New restaurants, coffee shops, a collab and a food festival come to Cambridge, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds