Salad season is officially over. The temperature may have dipped ever-so-slightly, but it’s just the excuse we needed to start braising and baking again.

If it’s been a while since you’ve served up soup, Matt Preston shows you exactly what you’ve been missing out on. Take a trip around the world one spoonful at a time with Matt’s Portuguese tomato soup, Turkish yoghurt soup with manti, French pumpkin soup, and Persian chunky lamb soup. Bring on the cold nights, we are ready for them.

If it’s comfort food you’re after, then you can’t beat carbs.  This month, Italian matriarch Silvia Colloca shares her simple recipes for homestyle pasta at home. Expect modern classics like hand-cut spelt pappardelle with slow-cooked pork ragu and ricotta gnocchi with prawns that will leave you with a saucy grin.

From the other side of the globe, Phoebe Wood shares her favourite Tex Mex meals. Bust open the corn chips, Phoebe takes taco night to new heights with party nachos with chorizo and chilli con queso, or wrap up the week with her sticky beef tacos with creamy avocado dressing. Sorry El Paso, but once you try her cheesy pork enchiladas with chipotle chilli con queso, you’re never going back.

For a dessert that you can whip up quickly and without a fuss, it has to be mousse. Rediscover the magic of mousse with Phoebe Wood’s dark chocolate and raspberry mousse cake and dark chocolate espresso mousse pots. But it’s not just about the chocolate. Our peanut butter mousse with butterscotch sauce and peanut brittle will have you walking on air.

Ready to get back on the water? New safety protocols, innovative itineraries and flexible booking policies combined with the promise of an international voyage for 2022 on the horizon mean it’s time for our annual Cruise special. In our cruising flip, we take you on a voyage to Patagonia, where you’ll discover Chilean folklore, spectacular icescapes and subpolar forests like you’ve never seen before. And if that wasn’t cold enough for you, our next stop is Antarctica. Join Edwina Hart as she sails south to Antarctica on the world’s greenest expedition cruise shop, treading lightly in the footsteps of heroic polar explorers.

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