Maws

The last of four easy-enough recipes by Tony Maws.

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011

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

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011

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.

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011

That range—and his determination to make food that is "flat out delicious"—has earned him accolades: Last year, Boston magazine named Mr. Maws Best Chef in Boston and Bon Appetit featured his burger on its September cover.

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011

At Craigie, Mr. Maws offers both an eight-course tasting menu (with intricate dishes like black bass in cod-daikon broth with rock fish, herbs and barley couscous) and a casual bar menu (featuring all-beef burgers with ground short rib, chuck, cheek, brisket, suet and marrow on a house-made bun).

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011

For the purée, Mr. Maws said he prefers to use Long Island Cheese pumpkins, which have "lots of meat, low water content and a nice sweetness," but butternut squash or heirloom pumpkins will work too.

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011

Eirik Johnson for The Wall Street Journal Craigie On Main: Food & Wine magazine named Tony Maws one of the best new chefs in America, and his burger one of the country's top 25.

The Brainy New England Metropolis 2011

Food & Wine magazine named Tony Maws one of the best new chefs in America, and his burger one of the country's top 25.

Boston: Culture Pop 2011

In a model other chefs should look to, the local-minded Boston chefs Michael Leviton and Tony Maws are talking about sharing the expenses of a van and driver to pick up meat and vegetables at slaughterhouses and farms: the savings would allow them to pay farmers retail prices.

Lambs to the Slaughter 2009

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.

Spiced Pumpkin, Eggplant and Rapini Kitty Greenwald 2011