What’s flat, red, remarkable and available at Cambridge Market? Find out in this edition of Flavour. Also, as one door closes… Mike Malloy talks opportunity for his Craft Butchery business, and the resident pastry chef at Modigliani cafe tells us why he obsessed for six months over the perfect cream filling. Presented by Alan Alder & Matt … [Read more...]

Daily Bread in danger of closing, Radmore's Farm Shop already gone, we speak with both. Niki Segnit on her superb new book The Flavour Thesaurus More Flavours. A visit to Amphora for a meal from the Foraging Chef with matched wines from Cong Cong Bo. Presented by Matt Bentman and Alan Alder … [Read more...]

Cambridge's Taj Tandoori chef has won the International Bangladesh Master Chef award and speaks to Flavour about it and about the fact that the first tandoori oven in Cambridge was brought here by his father. Also, Ramadan has ended, and the festival of Eid is underway. Shahida Rahman talks about the foods that are eaten. As the barbecue season … [Read more...]

What the foods we eat to celebrate Easter and Passover mean. A new Turkish cafe has just opened in Mill Road. Courses at the White Cottage Bakery and an Easter forage. Lots of food and drink news too. Presented by Matt Bentman, Alan Alder and Sue Bailey. … [Read more...]

As Cambridge Organic celebrates its 25th birthday, founder Duncan Catchpole talks about the far-reaching developments that are on the way and what has been achieved so far. Several other independent producers also have anniversaries now, we look back to how they began. Dr Emelyn Rude talks about food security including how chicken farming in the … [Read more...]

The Mill Road Bridge traffic restrictions, what traders think of them. Tim Hayward talks about his new book The Big Green Egg Feasts. Martin Jones on his forthcoming Cambridge Festival talk with Professor Ha Joon Chang about Edible Economics. A new Hungarian food shop opens and there's a live tasting of some of the products. Lots of local food news … [Read more...]

Local farmer Simon Steel on the difficulties caused by the weather and how it, and other issues, are causing some big fruit and vegetable growers to give up. David Rose, Professor of Sustainable Agricultural Systems at Cranfield University, explains his concerns about Britain's food security.  Dave Fox talks about how allotmenteers can cope with … [Read more...]