Recipe: Grilled eggplant with walnut-cilantro pesto. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Eggplant osso buco, adapted from a dish at the Four Seasons Biltmore in Santa Barbara. Recipe: Eggplant osso buco (Bob Chamberlin, / Los Angeles Times)
Recipe: Walnut- and herb-stuffed eggplant rolls (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
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Recipe: Broiled eggplant salad with sauteed onions, garlic and tomatoes (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Recipe: Kuzina’s butterflied roasted eggplant salad (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Recipe: Iced somen noodles and fried eggplant (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Recipe: Silken eggplant salad. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
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Recipe: Fusilli with spicy eggplant. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Recipe: Eggplant stuffed with lamb and pine nuts (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Recipe: Grilled eggplant with anchovies, garlic and rosemary (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)