Cook with the freshest eggplants that are firm and medium-sized with glossy, blemish-free skin. Salting an eggplant gets rid of bitter juices and helps make the flesh firmer for cooking. Depending on ...

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 -- ...