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From: greg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Eggplant/Aubergine recipes
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Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 15:22:37 EDT
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In response to the request for these (posted several
weeks ago, just got here), I don't have any I can type
in from memory, but can heartily recommend:

	Abby Mandel - Cuisinart Cooking Class.  
	We've found the "Caponata" recipe (eggplant,
	tomatoes, onions, capers, pine nuts, etc.)
	exceptionally good, easy and reliable.

	Time/Life - Middle Eastern Cooking.  One
	of the Time/Life "International" series,
	with a number of good recipes either featuring
	or incorporating eggplant.  I believe this 
	will supply the "eggplant caviar" recipe you
	want.  There might also be a recipe for this
	in the "Cooking of Russia" book of the same
	series.

There are also excellent recipes involving eggplant
in both volumes (particularly volume 2) of the Julia
Child/Simone Beck "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" 
set.  Take a look at "Potage a la Victorine" (Volume 2) -
a white bean soup with chunks of pork shoulder to
which you add a separately sauteed "garnish" of
eggplant, garlic, onions and tomatoes.  I consider these
books to be indispensible references in any case.

Except for the Abby Mandel book, I've found all of
these readily available at local libraries.  With any
unfamiliar, particularly if expensive, cookbooks I
try to borrow them from a friend or check them out of
the library first to try them out.  If they're good, I
buy them.


	- Greg Paley