Chinese Eggplant Salad

A bright and spicy side dish.

Chinese-style Steamed Eggplant with Soy Sauce and Sesame Oil

A common Chinese cold dish. The idea is to scoop out the flesh after steaming and toss it in oil, vinegar, and whatever other seasonings you have on hand.

Lentil and Roasted Eggplant Salad

This eggplant salad is just downright delicious - lentils cooked in a seasoned broth topped with plump caramelised eggplant with a zesty lemon dressing.

Roasted Eggplant With Tahini, Pine Nuts, and Lentils

This dish of eggplant roasted until caramelized and tender, served over stewed lentils with an extraordinarily light and creamy tahini sauce and crunchy pine nuts, was dinner and lunch for more meals than I care to count a couple of weeks back. Not that I'm complaining: It's extremely good.

Grilled Chinese Eggplant with Garlic and Ginger Sauce

I tend to find eggplant either crazy delicious, like these eggplant spirals, or totally off putting. I couldn't quite put my finger on why until I tried out this recipe for Chinese eggplant with a garlic and ginger sauce. I...

Braised Eggplant With Garlic and Basil

Tender chunks of eggplant braised with garlic, chilies, soy sauce and finished with a flourish of fresh basil for a satisfying yet easy summer dish.

Indoor Grilling: Leeks with Asian Vinaigrette

Before the holiday season, I noticed my growing cookbook collection was severely lacking any titles by Mark Bittman. I made it known to friends and family that filling this gap was a priority. Now with the holidays and my birthday...

Charles Phan's Spicy Soy Sauce

Charles Phan's spicy soy sauce is a primary ingredient in the dressing for his Roasted Eggplant and Leek Salad in Vietnamese Home Cooking. It could also serve as a pungent dipping sauce for any number of appetizers.

Susan Feniger's Street Food's Romanian Sweet and Sour Eggplant

After it has been reduced to a silky, rich version of its former self, the eggplant spends a quick 10 minutes stewing the tomatoes, sugar, and vinegar. It may not be the sexiest eggplant dish imaginable, but the final salad is certainly a unique take on the aubergine.

Grilled Vegetable and Jasmine Rice Salad With Herbs and Cashews

Inspired by Thai grilled beef salad, this salad replaces the meat with smoky grilled vegetables and adds fragrant jasmine rice. It's loaded with fresh herbs and dressed with a bracing, fish sauce-lime vinaigrette.