Recipes, common varieties, and what to look for at the market. Serious Eats / Getty Images Despite what the eggplant emoji may suggest, European eggplants centuries ago did actually look like little ...

When you think of eggplant, one variety likely comes to mind. For Americans, it's the round, squat variety fittingly called the American eggplant (also known as the globe eggplant), but that's not the ...

Now's a great time to pick up some homegrown eggplant. Those big varieties, like grocery-store favorite Globes, are always good. But, if you're looking for something different, the farmers markets ...

Eggplant is one of the most versatile vegetables in the home garden. The fruit can be steamed, baked, fried, grilled, boiled, sauteed, breaded and stuffed. Believed to be native to India, eggplant is ...

Things are winding down at my local farmers market. Gone are the tomatoes and tender lettuce greens, the fragrant basil and sweet corn. But just last week I saw a pile of purple and white streaked ...