Eggplant is a fabulous staple to keep on hand to make a host of vegetarian entrees and side dishes — as long as you know how to properly prepare it. But it's important to know how to tackle each ...

The definitive guide to preparing this purple vegetable. Cook with the freshest eggplants that are firm and medium-sized with glossy, blemish-free skin. Salting an eggplant gets rid of bitter juices ...

If you like to buy locally grown produce, you should know that eggplant season here in Southern California runs from July through September. And If you’re as much of an eggplant fan as I am, you ...

When properly prepared, eggplant is irresistible in dishes like a Ratatouille Tart and Sheet-Pan Eggplant Parmesan. “Eggplants are a sponge for flavor,” says Vera Fabian, a farmer and the co-owner of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recipes, common varieties, and what to look for at the market. Serious Eats / Getty Images Despite what the eggplant emoji may ...

Ah, eggplants. Tricky, beloved, and often misunderstood ancient fruits of the nightshade family, with culinary roots as deep as their flavor. Long and striped, small and white, short and round -- ...

For a long time, eggplant was my white whale of summer produce. It was always delicious when I had it in restaurants, but I struggled to get the texture just right when cooking it at home. I suspect ...

Eggplant parm, baba ghanouj, eggplant curries, eggplant rollatini — it’s all so good! Supple, creamy, substantial, rich, porous, eggplant is a gem. I admit, though, eggplant isn’t the easiest to work ...

Make a layered casserole: With a few spoonfuls of tomato sauce on the floor of a baking dish, you can build a deconstructed eggplant parm, with or without cheese. Bake covered at 350 F for about 15 ...

In the olden days, when we used to order takeout over the telephone, my aunt always told the restaurant to please deliver to apartment “1E, as in eggplant.” And ever since then the bulbous purple ...