This week Flavour visits Nanna Mexico in Petty Cury and learn about Mexican food; discover the new street food team of Provenance and find out what they'll be doing; we learn of the revolution in English cuisine during Tudor times with new spices from India and Arabia, and the move from ale to beer; on a more up-to-date note, Nazima Pathan of … [Read more...]

The team concludes its roundup of Eat Cambridge with a heady triumvirate: Stella Periera; who will be hosting a discussion on Food styling and photography. Andrew Webb will be running Pork Shop, in collaboration with The Pint Shop, whilst Miss Sue Flay and Mr. Cake will reveal information about their supper club called Breaking Bad Against … [Read more...]

The team visit Calverley’s Brewery and hear of their beers and plans for a shop in Hooper Street; cooking suggestions for asparagus from Franglais Kitchen; Rosie Sykes reports on extraordinary varieties of salad items being grown for Cambridge, the biodynamic way; Growing Your Own with Dave Fox on companion planting; lots of Eat Cambridge news … [Read more...]

We explore Clowns in King Street; get some detail on Eat Cambridge events; new pop up restaurateurs Annabel and Jamie tell us what they’re up to; we hear about forthcoming cook books from Sarah Lavelle, Publishing Director at Quadrille, including one from The Great British Bakeoff 2014 runner up. Andrew Webb takes another book from his historical … [Read more...]

Sarah Lavelle, publishing director of Quadrille Press tells us about new cook books; we discover the link between Russian Pastilas, English heritage apples, Dostoyevsky and St Giles Church in Castle Hill; learn what’s coming up in this year’s Eat Cambridge food and drink festival; find out about two new street food vendors – Buffalo Joes and … [Read more...]

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...]