But there's one dish that undoubtedly outshines the rest — the parmigiana di melanzane, or as the rest of us mere mortals call it, eggplant Parmesan. The dish is made by layering fried breaded ...

Not only does it involve making your own sauce, but it also requires making and drying out the breadcrumbs, breading the eggplant, and finally, deep frying it. This recipe took longer than the ...

In this recipe I salt the eggplant slices, not to get rid of bitterness (modern eggplant varieties aren’t bitter) but to collapse the spongy texture a bit so the eggplant slices don’t soak up ...

Yet, when it came to special occasions (graduations, holidays, and family parties) I’d never ask my father to make his signature recipe. Fried eggplant is assumed to be on the menu. Whenever my dad ...

Then, on Sunday, after the Bourguignon for lunch, I’ll downshift into fried eggplant for supper-time heroes, no recipe required. Peel some Italian eggplants, trim their ends and cut them ...