Food and Drink

Know a local foodie who deserves a pat on the back? Nominate them in Velvet’s hit Food & Drink Awards, back for a second year. . .

In her regular column, One Two Culinary Stew’s Pina takes us on a world food tour – right on our doorstep. Up next? Pizzas and flatbreads

Easter would be incomplete without sweet treats. Velvet shares four unbeatable home-bakes for the Easter weekend

Make two of George Hepher's best-loved recipes from his debut cookbook Rebel Bakes, out next month

He’s got more than 600,000 followers, a sell-out mail order service and a brand new cookbook, Rebel Bakes. Alice Ryan talks to George Hepher

Velvet’s Hannah Gregory gives sesame prawn toast an upgrade - by switching in spiced scallops

We teamed up with our friends at Brampton’s The Food Marketing Agency to put a clutch of this year’s eggs to the test. . .

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for March: vegan celebration shortbread

Back Hannah Gregory’s bid to open TACOR, a new “neighbourhood taqueria” for Bury St Edmunds

Want to try something new? Here are five fab new venues to add to your eating-out repertoire, writes Cambridge Food Blog’s Grace Mills

Every fridge has its lurkers: nubs of dried-out cheese, sticks of floppy celery. Believe it or not, they’re the the makings of the best-ever risotto

In her new column for Velvet, One Two Culinary Stew blogger Pina Broccoli Anaia takes us on a world food tour. . . of Cambridge and Suffolk

Interested in wine? Love Indian food? Planning a wedding? There’s an event with your name on it at Huntingdon’s Old Bridge this spring

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for February: vegan Valentine cupcakes

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Velvet’s resident wine buff is raising a glass to romance. . .

Manna Seoul is bringing the K-dog - a deep-fried, sugar-dusted doughnut filled with sausage and cheese and squirted with spicy sauce - to Cambridge

Make a date for Cambridge Chocolate Festival this Valentine’s weekend. Here’s 15 delicious reasons to book your tickets today. . .

Cambridge’s Market House has just cut the ribbon on a new Asian restaurant – and it looks delicious. . .

Local-hero cafe The Linton Kitchen has opened a third site at Hildersham’s organic farm, Flourish. Velvet pays a visit. . .

Cambridge Food Blog’s Gracie Mills shares her five favourite hot chocolate spots in and around the city