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ROCKET & SQUASH | A Cook's Digest | by Ed Smith

A digest of good things: recipes for pragmatic, interesting and elegant (but 'real') home cooked food; 'Supplemental', my roundup of the best recipes in papers and on the web; and more!

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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 27, 2026

    Tomato Pasta #21 | Hispi ‘carbonara’ (opens the original)

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    This week’s recipe is filed within my Tomato Pasta category of dishes: budget, speed and potentially family friendly midweek meals. Never rocket science. Rarely photogenic. Always useful.This is #21 in the series (and the first time we’ve returned to pasta).<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cRhz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Saffron, ginger and turmeric poached pears (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    Give a fig (opens the original)

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    I’ve completed enough circuits of the sun, and been interested in food for most of them, to feel pretty au fait with what’s in season and when. Three ingredients always blindside me, though. All of them ‘peaking around now, in early Autumn.(Yes, most things are typically in season somewhere; I mean relative to ingredients grown if not in or near the UK, then in the northern hemisphere)CornThe first is sweetcorn. Feels like a mid-summer thing (when not straight from a tin). But it’s always best a

  4. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    Pork and plum meatballs (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    Supplemental #32 | Recipe roundup August 2026 (opens the original)

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    Here’s a handful of recipes published through August that caught my eye. A real miscellany this one - which is a good thing.Happy browsing and cooking. Read more

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