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 ...