Recipes, common varieties, and what to look for at the market. Despite what the eggplant emoji may suggest, European eggplants centuries ago did actually look like little white chicken eggs ...

Snyder says most modern eggplant varieties have been cultivated specifically to reduce the amount of bitterness, which makes salting eggplant for that reason irrelevant. However, there’s still a ...

By utilizing wild relatives and advanced breeding techniques, scientists aim to improve eggplant varieties to meet the challenges posed by climate change and consumer preferences. One area of ...

The eggplant is said to be native to India ... The extended history of cultivation has led to many local varieties, such as the very long “onaga-nasu” grown mainly in Kyushu, the long ...