In this edition Caroline Biggs on Eat Cambridge; Tom Lewis on wines for Valentines Day; local historian Becky Proctor on Cambridge food customs; Clara Paul of Books for Cooks on current food trends in the capital; we hear about Andrew Northrop's salt beef, Seedy Sunday in Trumpington, a new Argentinian steak house, a Sicilian cafe opening soon, the … [Read more...]

What's it like to work at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck? How does a wine taster keep their palate fresh and can you do the same? Why is the world's bee population declining? Do food bloggers get noticed by publishers? This edition of Flavour is a best of 2012, plus Tom Lewis joins us in the studio to talk about whiskies for Burns … [Read more...]

In this festive edition of Flavour The Cambridge Wine Blogger Tom Lewis discusses English fizz and Anne Prince talks about her book Independent Cambridge. There's a review of the food ideas in today's quality press, local and national food news (a new feature), plenty of Christmas music – and we find out what Cambridge's food sellers and producers … [Read more...]

Today's episode is a celebration of the annual Mill Road Winter Fair. Matt & Alan visit the food fair on Gwydir street and interview The Original Truffle Company, Inder's Kitchen, Cambridge Farmers Outlet, Cam Cattle, Pavitt's Pies, The Moonshine Brewery, the Platelickers Supper Club, Limoncello, Art of Meat, The Gingerbread Lady and Urban … [Read more...]

This week's episode includes some ideas for Christmas gifts with cook book recommendations by Clara Paul of the shop 'Books for Cooks' in Notting Hill. Clara tries out many of the recipes from newly published cook books in the shop's own test kitchen, so knows what works and what doesn't! In addition: Ilkay Ada; the owner of Otto cafe, a family … [Read more...]

On the show - In addition to The Cambridge Wine Blogger's November wine recommendations, we have interviews with Philip Newman of The Oak Bistro in Lensfield Road, Francesca Re-Manning of La Dante in Cambridge, Jo Kruczynska and Ivana Gresham from the Platelickers supper club, Polly Plouviez tells us about the evening events at Urban Larder and we … [Read more...]

This week’s edition features the new Norfolk Street Bakery, British sausage week, which begins on 5th November. We talk with Jon West of the Art of Meat in Arbury, The Cambridge Gin Distillery, the world’s only tailored gin distillery and Wine expert Tom Lewis talks about moving away from big brand wines to those a little more interesting! There’s … [Read more...]