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The Mad Apple

posted August 14, 2010 in A Foodie's Quest

I love eggplants. For as far as I can remember, I've always eaten these vegetable-fruits, they were part of my family's culinary landscape. Both my parents have their eggplant repertoire: stuffed and fried; sliced in a fan and roasted; pickled; in sa (read full article)

Thutilinanga Indonesian Chili Fried Eggplants/Aubergine

Eggplant also know as Aubergine is one of our favorite vegetables. Well technically it is a fruit but people use it as a vegetable. These veggies are in the same vegetable family as tomatoes, sweet peppers and potatoes. I know it's kind of weird thin (read full article)

Stuffed Vegetarian Egg plant... with a difference!

posted June 24, 2010 in PimpThatFood

People call them Eggplants or Aubergines, depend where you live. We have the luxury to call it both in here and I decided to use Eggplant in this post.  Eggplants are widely used these days but this vegetable can be either love or hate for man (read full article)

Stuffed Eggplant

posted May 27, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I'm on an eggplant binge. Some time ago I posted a recipe for aubergine crumble to which my readers responed with mixed emotions. This is a 100% southern Italian recipe for stuffed eggplant I learned in Calabria. It employs bread, mint leaves and Pec (read full article)

Stuffed Eggplant

posted May 26, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I'm on an eggplant binge. Some time ago I posted a recipe for aubergine crumble to which my readers responed with mixed emotions. This is a 100% southern Italian recipe for stuffed eggplant I learned in Calabria. It employs bread, mint leaves and Pec (read full article)

Stuffed Eggplant

posted May 26, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I'm on an eggplant binge. Some time ago I posted a recipe for aubergine crumble to which my readers responed with mixed emotions. This is a 100% southern Italian recipe for stuffed eggplant I learned in Calabria. It employs bread, mint leaves and Pec (read full article)

Vegetarian Giro d’Italia: Eggplant and Cumin Dip with Gouda

posted May 09, 2010 in Veggin'

Another day in the Giro keeps us in the Netherlands. So, I bring you a smoky eggplant and cumin dip that is a modern Dutch recipe featured in Chef Yolanda van der Jagt’s cookbook Lekker Hollands. The original recipe called for an olde remeker (read full article)

Spaghetti with Eggplant / Spaghetti à l'Aubergine

posted April 13, 2010 in sousoukitchen

To add a little bit of variety, here is a noodle recipe especially for vegetariens, spaghettis without meat, with the eggplant, spices and cheese. It is an economical and easy recipe to make. /Pour changer un peu, voici un (read full article)

Khoresht Bademjan – Persian Aubergine Stew

posted April 11, 2010 in Tamarind and Thyme

Growing up in Vancouver, I had a number of Persian friends, the Persian community being quite strong there. I even remember my first real taste of Persian food – one good friend booked a Persian restaurant for her birthday and we ended the nigh (read full article)

Stir-fried aubergine (eggplant) with tomato and chili

posted April 10, 2010 in So Eat

I went for lunch at a Chinese restaurant and had this more-ish dish so decided to try and make it at home. It goes very well with the my adobo recipe from a few days ago.For 22 tablespoons of oil1 large aubergine cut lengthwise into sticks of about 1 (read full article)

Fresh is so fresh – Eggplant caviar on tomato tartare and olive balsamic vinaigrette

posted April 05, 2010 in Citron et Vanille

Caviar d’aubergine sur tartare de tomates, vinaigrette d’olives noires et balsamique Caviar d’aubergine is a typical French dish, but it does not mean it includes caviar in its ingredient list, it’s basically a vegan dish if y (read full article)

Solanum melongena

posted March 19, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I wonder why some call it eggplant. It's more pear-shaped than egg. Eggplants are purple, lightweight and shiny; eggs–whether pink or white–are neither. I must admit (reluctantly) that the borrowed French name aubergine sounds so much better. E (read full article)

Solanum melongena

posted March 17, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I wonder why some call it eggplant. It's more pear-shaped than egg. Eggplants are purple, lightweight and shiny; eggs–whether pink or white–are neither. I must admit (reluctantly) that the borrowed French name aubergine sounds so much better.Eggp (read full article)

Solanum melongena

posted March 17, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I wonder why some call it eggplant. It's more pear-shaped than egg. Eggplants are purple, lightweight and shiny; eggs–whether pink or white–are neither. I must admit (reluctantly) that the borrowed French name aubergine sounds so much better.Eggp (read full article)

Aubergine/Eggplant Baked Pasta

posted March 03, 2010 in So Eat

I know, I know, yet another pasta al forno dish! I can’t help it, I find baked pasta so comforting and easy for larger numbers. Make sure you make enough sauce otherwise it gets really dry when baked.Serves 3-4- One 500 gram packet of sho (read full article)

griddled lamb + aubergine wrap with mint garlic yogurt

posted March 03, 2010 in gourmet traveller

After the torrential downpour that was the weekend, it appears that Spring at long last is here, with the first day of March being all blue skies and sunshine. It won’t be long now before we’ll be dining alfresco and dusting off the barb (read full article)

Confirming the Nightshade Allergy

posted March 02, 2010 in Apples & Facon

I’ve always disliked a handful of foods - squash, eggplant, tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms - kind of limiting in a vegetarian diet, at least as far as restaurant choices are concerned. I’ve, in recent years, also stopped eating potato (read full article)

Beef and Broccoli Lasagne; What's on Your Counter? and Weekly Menu

posted February 05, 2010 in Thyme for Cooking, the Blog

We decided to move to Andorra while we were living in Ireland.So, naturally, we immediately started Spanish language lessons.Our teacher was a young woman from Valencia (pronounced ba-LEN-thia) who had followed her Irish boyfriend home from a holiday (read full article)

Beef and Broccoli Lasagne; What's on Your Counter? and Weekly Menu

posted February 05, 2010 in Thyme for Cooking, the Blog

We decided to move to Andorra while we were living in Ireland.So, naturally, we immediately started Spanish language lessons.Our teacher was a young woman from Valencia (pronounced ba-LEN-thia) who had followed her Irish boyfriend home from a holiday (read full article)

Thai Eggplant – Makhua Puang – Solanum torvum

posted January 17, 2010 in Cook Asian Food

This Thai Eggplant or aubergine known in Thailand as Makhua Puang, comes from Solanum torvum widely known as Turkey Berry. The fruit are in fact the the small green pea sized berries which grow in large clusters. These berries turn yellow when fully (read full article)

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