What would you find on the menu if you stepped into a Cambridge pub in 1588? This week the Flavour team pop back in time to place an order with Thomas Hobson (of Hobson’s Choice fame). Andrew Webb delves into his Historical Bookshelf to bring a review of They Can’t Ration These’ a wartime cookbook that was effectively a guide to foraging ‘before it … [Read more...]

There’s a new burger joint in town, Butch Annie’s, we pay a visit. Rosie Sykes goes to the Dingley Dell pork farm to find out why their new black pork is so good and what other developments they’re working on. We hear about the new brews from the Moonshine Brewery and nip into the Bath House pub as well. We get some ideas for broccoli, our food of … [Read more...]

Matt Bentman on the new Hot Numbers and Caffe Sicilia, Ruth explores the exciting new Espresso Café in East Road. We ask how market traders are enduring the cold. Meanwhile Andrew Webb has been following makers’ original ideas for their products, including trying Weetabix with fish paste, and other oddities. Find out about Smokeworks … [Read more...]

This week: a portrait of The Kingston Arms – the food, the beer, the people; we visit hot new street foodie Jalan Jalan; Rosie Sykes finds out about the Cambridge Organic Food Co; Dave Fox advises on growing your own – this week pruning; Nazima Pathan has ideas for rhubarb, which is back in the shops now; We track down black pork and discover its … [Read more...]

The food magazine returns with a look back at 2014 when Flavour investigated Cambridge's supper clubs, restaurant noise, food poverty, coeliac disease and reported on: streetfood, cafes, books and growing your own food. And we look forward to 2015 too with our Cambridge food and drink news section. Presented by Matt Bentman, Alan Alder and Ruth … [Read more...]

We find out what local foodies will be eating this Christmas, visit the Gog Magog Farm Shop, get cook book recommendations from Books for Cooks in Notting Hill, hear about the pop-ups at the Free Press Pub in Prospect Row, visit Andrew Webb’s Historical Bookshelf, have three new Christmassy cocktails from Aoife Maxwell and get Christmas dinner wine … [Read more...]

The team look at how Relevant Records Cafe's first week went; the Guardian's and ex-Fitzbillies Rosie Sykes on sourcing ingredients and making Christmas puds; Cambridge Cookery School's Christmas cooking course; all about Foodpark at Cambridge's North Pole ice rink; Dave Fox advises on growing your own fruit and veg; and we visit the Architect pub … [Read more...]