Home Categories Grid
Food and Drink
A Rosie Outlook: Rosie Sykes is the new patron for Eat Cambridge
A Rosie Outlook: Rosie Sykes is the new patron for Eat Cambridge
17 April 2019
Chef and food writer Rosie Sykes will be hosting this year's opening Eat Cambridge festival dinner
Food Glorious Food: Eat Cambridge is back
Food Glorious Food: Eat Cambridge is back
16 April 2019
Eat Cambridge celebrates the best of our local food and drink talent. Velvet speaks to founder, Heidi White
Cracking eggs: Velvet rates this year's Easter treats
Cracking eggs: Velvet rates this year's Easter treats
10 April 2019
From the child-friendly to the seriously grown-up, the Velvet team put a clutch of this year’s Easter eggs to the taste test
New tenant found for Cupola House
New tenant found for Cupola House
28 March 2019
'Local restaurant operator' will open an authentic Japanese eaterie at the landmark building later this year.
Wining and dining with Rory McGrath
Wining and dining with Rory McGrath
23 March 2019
Writer and broadcaster Rowan Pelling, erstwhile editor of Erotic Review and founder of The Amorist, joins Rory McGrath for lunch at Parker’s Tavern
Twin ambition: We toast the success of brothers Ben and Dan Ritsema, who run Cranes Drinks
Twin ambition: We toast the success of brothers Ben and Dan Ritsema, who run Cranes Drinks
23 March 2019
Two Cambridgeshire brothers reveal the secrets to their drinks success
On the grapevine: New World wine
On the grapevine: New World wine
23 March 2019
Nicholas Corke, of Thos Peatling in Bury, says New World wine has much to commend it
How to. . . make the perfect Easter roast
How to. . . make the perfect Easter roast
23 March 2019
Lee Cooper, development chef at ICE Cook School, Café and Development Kitchen in Bury, shares his top tips for Easter
The Wright stuff
The Wright stuff
23 March 2019
Founder Adam Wright tells Velvet why he loves bringing people together over good food.
Hole in the Wall reopens
Hole in the Wall reopens
23 March 2019
The Hole in the Wall has exciting news, as Velvet discovers
Wining & Dining with Rory McGrath
Wining & Dining with Rory McGrath
22 March 2019
Tim Hayward – food writer, Radio 4 regular and owner of Fitzbillies in Cambridge - meets Rory McGrath for coffee and cake
Cork or screw cap? Our wine expert investigates
Cork or screw cap? Our wine expert investigates
18 March 2019
To cork or not to cork? That is the question, writes Velvet’s resident drinks expert, Hal Wilson of Cambridge Wine Merchants
On the Table: Earth-friendly eating
On the Table: Earth-friendly eating
08 March 2019
Want to help save the planet? Cambridge Cookery’s Tine Roche says farming small-scale, shopping local and cooking from scratch are all key
Are you consuming 'empty' calories?
Are you consuming 'empty' calories?
08 February 2019
Nutritionist Kathryn Picking advises on how to put a spring back in your step by avoiding empty calories and choosing more nutritious alternatives
Nothing like a dame: Rory McGrath talks panto with Matt Crosby
Nothing like a dame: Rory McGrath talks panto with Matt Crosby
08 February 2019
Best-known for donning wig and slap as Cambridge Arts Theatre’s pantomime dame, actor Matt Crosby joins Rory McGrath for lunch at Pint Shop
Food: Good Inns
Food: Good Inns
01 February 2019
Barrow's Weeping Willow is now part of the Chestnut Group, as Editor Alice Ryan reports.
