There are a couple of tricks to getting perfectly crispy eggplant in the oven. Salting the eggplant slices. This draws out excess moisture, which prevents the eggplant from getting soggy. Preheating ...

First, slice the eggplants lengthwise in half. Then with a pastry brush, liberally brush each half (on both sides) with the extra virgin olive oil (and I do mean liberally slather it on!). Now with ...

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Cut the eggplant into 1-inch rounds. Sprinkle with salt and set aside for 20 minutes (the eggplant will sweat out any bitterness). Pat dry. Now cut the eggplant slices into ...

Baked Turkish-Style Eggplant Stuffed With Ground Lamb (Part I) 4 servings Bake the eggplants and save half of them for a same-day meal (see Sunday Supper). A quick tomato sauce will be combined with ...

A classic baked eggplant Parmesan requires upwards of an hour in the kitchen, but with this method, you can cut this time down significantly.

Italian dishes are always my favorite and that’s what’s on the menus as we grab a Bite with Belkys. Spread the diced eggplant in a single layer onto paper towels. Generously salt the eggplant and let ...

I absolutely love eggplant parmesan. The combination of soft eggplant tucked inside a crisp coating then topped with melted cheeses is simply so good. But doing all that slicing and frying is a bit ...

Cooking in early fall can be confusing. Farmers markets and grocery stores are caught between two seasons: The last of the ...

Editor’s note: The cranberries, unpeeled apples and unpeeled oranges in Betty Hardy’s Cranberry Salad, which ran Nov. 5, need to be run through a grinder or food processor. Mary Lou MacNeil says her ...

First thing you want to do is lay out the chicken thighs on a large sheet of either waxed paper or freezer wrap. Then, using a pastry brush, coat the thighs liberally on both sides with the extra ...

To prepare eggplant: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Drizzle olive oil onto a 10-by-15-inch jellyroll pan and brush to coat pan evenly. Combine egg whites and milk in a shallow pie plate. Combine panko ...