Food and Drink

Making a daily meal boosts both health and happiness, writes Tine Roche, MD of Cambridge Cookery

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for January: smoky chilli bean soup

Love chocolate? #CamChocoFest is back, bringing three days of stalls, tastings, talks, workshops and a stellar film screening to the city

Doing Veganuary and running out of recipe ideas? These global dishes are quick to make - and delicious to eat. . .

To celebrate 10 years of Veganuary – the global campaign to try vegan for January and beyond - Velvet recommends five local plant-powered menus

“Our time here is short, life is to be enjoyed - eat the damn cookie. . .” Velvet’s Hannah Gregory shares a recipe guaranteed to boost January’s mood

Proof you can ring in the New Year minus the booze, Alice Ryan raises a glass with Sam Adams, founder of Cambridge 0% brand Nøde

On the menu for January? A coffee house and restaurant to visit and catering and classes to book. . .

Velvet’s wine columnist Giles Luckettpops the cork on six stunning Christmas sparklers. . .

Cambridge plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for Christmas: nut roast pie

A gorgeous new addition to sustainable Cambridge quarter, Eddington, The Astronomer is Cambscuisine’s eight venue

From indulging in festive afternoon tea to wreath making, get into the seasonal spirit at The Fellows House

Fitzbillies has been making Cambridge’s Christmas cakes for more than a century, as bakers Gill Abbs and Miriam Labita tell Velvet

What’s better than a superb Sunday lunch with all the trimmings? Sunday lunch served in elegant surroundings to the sound of a harp playing

From his childhood in India to his award-winning career in the UK, Milton chef Mauli Dwivedi tells Velvet about his life in the kitchen. . .

For Velvet recipe writer Hannah Gregory, no Christmas menu would be complete without. . . a spicy sea bass taco

Velvet savours the decadent flavours of Christmas with a festive afternoon tea at Newmarket’s Bedford Lodge Hotel

“A Sunday afternoon Glögg is a lovely way to stay connected and shine some light on long, dark afternoons,” writes Cambridge Cookery’s Tine Roche

Cambridge nutritionist and plant-based chef Melanie Hanspall shares a monthly recipe with Velvet. On the menu for November: pea and potato soup

It’s National Pudding Day. An excuse, if she needed one, for Cambridge Food Blog’s Gracie Mills to seek out five of the city’s sweetest treats. . .