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Learning to Love Eggplant: How to Pick 'Em, Cook 'Em, and Eat 'Em

Eggplant is a love it or hate it kind of a vegetable. Mention it in conversation and you'll either get an ode to the purple globe or stony silence. If you're in the "stony silence" camp, we'd like to...

Recipe: Eggplant Caponata Sandwiches with Mozzarella

This is one of those versatile recipes that can serve more than one purpose — dip, sandwich filling, pasta sauce — and it makes use of all those beautiful eggplants that are in season... ...

Look! Heirloom Eggplants!

At the farmer's market, one farmer was selling these very interesting-looking heirloom eggplants. We've never seen eggplants in so many different sizes, shapes, and colors! Isn't this interesting?...

San Francisco Farmer's Market Report: Alemany

Green walnuts, sour grapes, plums, and much more were seen at the Alemany Farmer's Market last weekend. It's the peak of the season, and the stalls were just bulging with fresh produce of all kinds! ...

SF Local Product: Affi’s Aubergine Dip