Food and Drink

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

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

In his quarterly column, Bury St Edmunds chef and food-waste warrior Rowen Halstead celebrates East Anglia’s finest seasonal produce

Good food, good drinks, good vibes: Cambridge Food Blog finds five of the best places to get social in the city this summer

New venues, new menus: Cambridge’s much-loved Amelie has expanded to two sites at Ben’s Yard, Ely

Forage for wild ingredients, see your meal cooked over fire, then eat it under the stars at Godmanchester’s Island Hall this July

Long acclaimed for its fine food, Suffolk’s Tuddenham Mill has now launched sister company Spindle Catering

Velvet’s Hannah Gregory serves her take on Buffalo wings and ranch sauce - nduja chicken thighs with smoky garlic yoghurt

In her regular column for Velvet, One Two Culinary Stew’s Pina takes us on a world food tour. On the menu this month: global supper clubs

Nominated by the public and judged by industry experts, here are your winners of the 2024 Velvet Food & Drink Awards. . .

If you’re a fan of Dishoom, here’s a heads up: London’s iconic Indian café chain is coming to Cambridge. . .

Hannah Gregory – Velvet’s resident recipe writer and founder of TACOR, coming soon to Bury St Edmunds – makes meatballs fit for a Yellowstone rancher

Our area is home to so many great farm shops and delis, Cambridge Food Blog’s Grace Mills couldn’t choose just five. . . So here’s six

With National Doughnut Week in May and National Doughnut Day in June, it’s officially the season to eat deep-fried, sugar-dusted pastries. . .

Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for: nominations for the 2024 Velvet Food & Drink Awards have now closed and we can reveal your shortlist. . .

It’s World Cocktail Day on May 13. How will you be celebrating? Velvet recommends three of Cambridge’s best cocktail bars

Making grocery shopping greener, more delicious and more sociable too, head for The Gransdens Farmers’ Market this Sunday, April 28

An “immersive, climate-controlled room brimming with wheels of Britain's finest artisan cheeses” has opened at d’Arry’s on the city’s King Street

Great food, great drink, great company: that’s what you’ll find at Grub Club Cambridge’s networking night this week. . .

What could be better than mac & cheese? Suffolk mac & cheese, of course. . . Hannah Gregory gives her ultimate comfort food a local flavour