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EDITOR’S LETTER

CONTRIBUTORS • THIS MONTH WE ASKED OUR TRAVELLERS TO SHARE AN UNFORGETTABLE FOOD EXPERIENCE

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WORD OF MOUTH • THE PEOPLE AND PLACES TICKLING OUR TASTE BUDS.

TURNING THE TABLES • MOVE OVER STAR CHEFS, IT’S TIME TO BRING MAITRE D’S IN FROM THE COLD, SAYS RICK JORDAN

HOUSE RULES • ALWAYS FRONT AND CENTRE: THE RESTAURANTS LEADING THE WAY ON HOSPITALITY

OPEN SEASON • LIZZIE POOK ON PEARL MEAT AND HOW THIS ANCIENT AUSTRALIAN INGREDIENT IS MAKING A COMEBACK

CLIFFHANGER • DRAMATICALLY LOCATED BRUTALIST BOX IN SOUTH AFRICA IS HOME TO TWO INNOVATIVE FLORISTS. TAKE OVER JOHANNESDAL FOR A ROSE-TINTED ESCAPE OF YOUR OWN

SEEDS OF CHANGE • THE SIMPLE ACT OF EATING TOGETHER CUTS THROUGH CULTURAL BARRIERS, SAYS YASMIN KHAN

FIRST LOOK • THE SHORES OF LAKE COMO ARE NOT WITHOUT THEIR HEAD-TURNING VILLAS. COULD JUST-OPENED PASSALACQUA BE THE GRANDEST OF THEM ALL?

NEW PORTS OF CALL • SAN SEBASTIAN FINALLY HAS THE HOTELS TO MATCH ITS MICHELIN STARS.

FRESH TAKES ON THE CITY

KEYTHORPE HALL, LEICESTERSHIRE

CULTURE-HOPPING WITH OLIVIA DEAN • THE LONDON-BORN SINGER REVEALS HER MOST MEMORABLE DESTINATIONS

ALL WELL AND GOOD • DAISY FINER SURVEYS THE SPA SCENE TO DISCOVER THE LATEST IN THE WORLD OF SUPER-OPTIMISED NUTRITION

STYLE FILE • FASHION-FORWARD NOTES FOR ALL SEASONS.

SHOPPING IN SINGAPORE • THE CITY MAY BE KNOWN FOR SHINY SHOPPING MALLS, BUT HIDDEN AMONG THEM ARE QUIRKY HOMEGROWN FINDS, FROM BOOKBINDERS TO GIN DISTILLERS, THAT ADD LOCAL FLAIR. BY SHAMILEE VELLU

POSTCARD FROM GREECE • FOR LORENZO SERAFINI, THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ITALIAN BRAND PHILOSOPHY, THE FRESH SEAFOOD, HIDDEN BEACHES AND LOCALLY MADE TEXTILES KEEP DRAWING HIM BACK TO ISLAND-HOP THE AEGEAN

EXTRA EXTRA • THE SUPPLEMENTS TO KNOW ABOUT.

TO BOLDLY GO… • NATURE’S COLOUR CLASH IS NOW ON WATCHES.

BREW HA HA • HIGH JEWELLERY TAKES A LEAF FROM HERBAL TEA

ROLL UP, ROLL UP

FOR THE LONG HAUL • A REVOLUTION IS UNDERWAY IN DEVON, WHERE ITS VISIONARY FOOD AND FISHING COMMUNITIES ARE POWERING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

TOM’S PICKS FOR DEVON SEAFOOD

LAYER UPON LAYER • IN THE HIMALAYAN-EDGED REGION OF LADAKH, THE CUISINE IS INFUSED WITH MANY CULTURES. BY DIPPING INTO THIS DIVERSE MIX, A NEW GENERATION OF TASTEMAKERS IS PUTTING A FRESH SPIN ON TRADITION

WHERE TO STAY

WHERE TO EAT

Reclaimed bounty • AFTER A CENTURY OF UNREST, ALBANIA’S WELCOME REMAINS UNDIMMED AS REFUGEES RETURN TO PIECE ITS NATIONAL IDENTITY BACK TOGETHER ONE DISH AT A TIME.

The best of the rest

SPINNING PLATES • FRESHLY REWIRED AFTER A PROLONGED LOCKDOWN, MELBOURNE’S RESTAURANT SCENE IS NOW MORE DYNAMIC AND MULTIFACETED THAN EVER, SAYS VETERAN FOOD WRITER PAT NOURSE

OUT OF TOWN

JOHN BOYEGA • MADE FAMOUS BY THE ‘STAR WARS’ FILMS, THE BRITISH-NIGERIAN ACTOR LOVES CITY SKYLINES AND FINDING SWEETS IN THE MINIBAR, AND NEXT APPEARS IN AN EPIC HISTORICAL DRAMA SET IN WEST AFRICA

HAPPY PLACE • FIERCE LOCAVORISM AND AN INVENTIVE SPIRIT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF THE UK’S LATEST CROP OF DESTINATION RESTAURANTS. WE SEEK OUT THE CHEFS PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN UNLIKELY SETTINGS, FROM AN OLD COW SHED TO A WEDGWOOD WAREHOUSE. EDITED BY RICK JORDAN

A TASTE OF RIOJA • JOIN US FOR THE LATEST IN OUR CHEF’S WORLD SERIES AT AN EXCLUSIVE DINNER WITH CHEF FERNANDO TROCCA PAIRED WITH THE SPANISH REGION’S...