Books by Ed Smith

100 recipes to suit your mood, from award-winning food writer Ed Smith

A revolutionary cookbook with 140 recipes that move the humble side dish to centre stage.''Full of recipes I want to cook and eat'' Yotam Ottolenghi''Both a beautiful and eminently useful cookbook'' Anna Jones''I want to eat every recipe in this book'' Nigel Slater''A very good idea… enough to make the book a winner!'' Stephen Harris, chef-owner of The SportsmanWhilst writing his food blog, Rocket & Squash, Ed Smith noticed that a key part of our meals was being ignored. On too many occasions, side dishes were being relegated to an overboiled afterthought, or dismissed with a throwaway ''eat with potatoes'' or ''serve with seasonal greens'' line. But our side dishes have the potential to be as inspirational as the main event itself. In fact, they''re often the best bit! Here it''s the ''two veg'' rather than the meat which are given the spotlight: you''ll find 140 inspiring recipes and insightful tips to make your pulses, roots, vegetables and greens dazzle in their own right. Think of garlic oil pea shoots, smoky ratatouille, celeriac baked in a salt and thyme crust, carrots with brown butter and hazelnuts, spelt grains with wild mushrooms, and chorizo roast potatoes. Complete with a recipe directory that will help you find the perfect accompaniment, whatever your cooking, On the Side will brighten and invigorate every meal.

To what extent do we control our own destiny? Can those who have risen to the top really say it was all down to them? Is lucky success somehow less deserving?

There is a huge category of sports fan: people who love a bloody good argument. Sport makes them think, engage and argue. Given that people already take sport so very seriously, and at such an intense level of enquiry, then Ed Smith concludes we should draw out some of sport's intellectual lessons and practical usesWhat Sport Teaches Us About Life gives us a rare glimpse into the world of sport as seen from an extraordinarily keen, and closely-involved observer. In one chapter Smith extols the virtues of amateurism in today's professional world; in another he explains why there'll never be another sportsman as dominant as Don Bradman. He unearths the hidden dimensions of England's 2005 Ashes win, examines the impact of the free market on cricket and football, argues that cheating is not always as clear cut as it might seem.