While Mr. Maws is proud of Craigie's complex dishes, he derives equal pleasure from such rustic, simple recipes as this one.

WSJ: Tony Maws's Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini | Slow Food Fast

Mr. Maws enhances the pumpkin's natural sweetness with a sprinkling of sugar and an Asian-inflected seasoning of ginger, curry powder and nutmeg.

WSJ: Tony Maws's Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini | Slow Food Fast

For his final Slow Food Fast contribution, Mr. Maws shares a recipe for pumpkin with broiled end-of-season eggplant and bitter rapini, aka broccoli rabe.

WSJ: Tony Maws's Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini | Slow Food Fast

Here, the textural contrast between what Mr. Maws described as "punchy rapini, soft pumpkin and chewy eggplant" is just as important as the comforting flavors.

WSJ: Tony Maws's Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini | Slow Food Fast

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