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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)
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. . .
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
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
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
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
27 September 2024
Hannah Gregory, Velvet’s resident recipe writer, staves off autumn’s chills with a plate of birria tacos. . .
13 September 2024
To mark Sourdough September, Velvet’s Alice Ryan visits the Newmarket and Saffron Walden bakeries loved for their loaves
12 September 2024
As we mark Sourdough September, Cambridge Cookery MD Tine Roche demystifies the not-so-humble loaf
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
24 August 2024
Returning for its second year, don’t miss the biggest food and drink trade show in East Anglia – eat. 2024!
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
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
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. . .
09 August 2024
Bottomless pizza, grilled goat and vegan frozerts: what’s new to the menu in Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge
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
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
01 August 2024
Fresh from the oven, the warm scones at Parker’s Tavern were amongst the best we’ve tasted!
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
12 July 2024
New restaurants, coffee shops, a collab and a food festival come to Cambridge, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds