Ed Smith is an award-winning food and recipe writer. After leaving a career as a lawyer for a life in food, he trained as a chef, worked briefly in restaurants and pop-ups, and now cooks, consults, writes, and spends a bit too much time on social media (@rocketandsquash). His cookbooks include Crave; recipes arranged by flavour to suit your mood and appetite, which was named cookery book of the year in 2022, On the Side and The Borough Market Cookbook. He regularly contributes words and recipes to the likes of The Sunday Times Magazine, Waitrose Food, Waitrose Weekend, BBC Good Food Magazine and Delicious.