These Vegetables Will Still Ripen After You Pick Them
This time of year, gardeners have to make hard choices. Rain and overnight chills present risks to your vegetables on the plant, but you also want to be sure you’re…
Your Vegetable Plants Might Need Hormone Therapy
A watched pot never boils, and checking to see if your summer vegetable starts have hit puberty yet has the same results. Until now, your adorable little tomato, eggplant, and…
How Long Do You Need to Marinate Protein?
I am bad at letting things marinate: ideas, problems, meat. The issue is I don’t know what I want to eat until an hour after I’m hungry, which is not…
Waffle Some Eggplant for a Charred Treat
I love eggplant, but I don’t like futzing with eggplant. I’m not big on soaking, and only salt it half of the time, not because I think I’m too good…
Caponata Is the Perfect Bridge Between Summer and Fall
Photo: Sam Palazzi Eggplant peaks from summer to early fall, when it can still be harvested young—after that, we’re left with imported, waterlogged stragglers in the produce aisle. So I…
Eat This Ultra-Creamy Baba Ganoush Dip With Everything
Eggplant doesn’t have a strong foothold in American cuisine, and that needs to change. I’m surprised by how many adults I’ve met who’ve never eaten it, and others who won’t…
14 Easy Bumper Crops for Your Beginner’s Garden (and When to Grow Them)
Photo: HQuality (Shutterstock) A lot of people daydream about starting their own garden. Whether it’s in your yard or in containers on your deck or windowsill, the idea of growing…
You’ve Breaded an Eggplant for the Last Time
Photo: A.A. Newton When consumed in casseroles and sandwiches, “breaded and fried” seems to be the default preparation method for eggplant. As a person of Southern origin, I am not…
5 Yummy Schezwan Recipes To Amp Up Your Indo-Chinese Game
We all love to indulge in different cuisines. From pasta to ramen, we all have come a long way trying inter-continental dishes. But before this, when the café culture was…
Put Aside Baingan Bharta, Make this Easy Eggplant Snack For Your Next Dinner
As soon as we hear the news of guests coming over, we start planning what we should prepare for them to eat. While we look through dishes and recipes, we…