Flavour Cambridge 105 Radio

A Flavour Special, featuring Tim Hayward on his new book, Steak The Whole Story. A deep dive into cooking steak including reverse searing; steak history, including the 'monkey gland steak' and choosing a steak. Also Velvet magazine's top local food and drink heroes, a live tasting of durian ice cream and news from the New Radegund.

National Biscuit Day approaches, Rosie Sykes talks about their crunchy pleasures. From shop in Green Street to big name restaurant suppliers and then a return to more local provision, Kale and Damson tell their story. An allotment tale is told.

City centre food pleasures. Enjoying quality Caribbean cuisine alongside live music. Market Square burnt Basque cheesecake with Algerian coffee. How independents and their customers are affected by new import charges. Surviving lockdown, how the Cambridge Fruit Company did it. Getting on top of weeds in Good to Grow week.

Kitsch Hen reinventing the Scotch Egg with flavours like kedgeree and pork with black cherry. Indian street food on Cambridge Market. April foraging ideas. Allotment tips including extreme parsnip growing and Dave Fox's century allotment history project.

Alex Rushmer on Vanderlyle's first five years and what the future holds. Barry Vera of the Green Man in Grantchester on the importance of serving the local community and his ideas for it, also the full opening of the garden. Cambridges 'Cambucha'. Dave Fox on growing advice for Spring. Flavour is presented by Matt Bentman, Alan Alder and Sue Bailey.

Caroline Biggs on her new book telling the shocking story of the university's imprisoning of women who were out alone at night. But what did they get to eat?? The imminent opening of the Northstowe Tap and Social which will have a permanent Steak and Honour base serving a brand new product. A visit to a new and very stylish Cambridge cafe. The ex-restaurant owner in Cambridge who's switched from owning to franchising explains why.