Neapolitan Eggplant Parmesan
Unlike many eggplant Parmesan recipes, ours uses a simple flour-and-egg coating rather than breadcrumbs, allowing the delicate flavor of the eggplant to come through.
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Makheua Yao Pad Tao Jiao
A popular Thai-Chinese dish often served at Thailand’s curry-and-rice stalls, makheua yao pad tao jiao combines tender eggplant with ground pork, garlic, fresh chiles, and fermented yellow soybean paste.
Baba Ganoush
Popular throughout the Middle East, baba ganoush is a wonderfully simple dish that transforms roasted eggplant into a rich, creamy dip with a distinctive smoky flavor.
Traditional Greek Moussaka
Moussaka is one of Greece’s best-loved comfort foods, a hearty casserole of tender eggplant, potatoes, richly seasoned ground lamb, and a thick, creamy béchamel topping.
Homemade Margarine-Style Spread
This simple homemade spread combines coconut oil with a neutral vegetable oil to produce a creamy, spreadable alternative to butter.
Homemade Butter
I first shared this recipe with my Grandma’s Kitchen story, where I wrote about watching my grandma make butter from the milk of her two Jersey cows. I’m including it again here because it seems a fitting companion to the story of butter and margarine.
Prison Tamales
Prison cooking is largely a matter of making do with what you can get your hands on. My son remembers these tamales as one of the best examples.
Tunaritos
My son developed what he jokingly called “tunaritos” during his years in federal prison—a tuna mixture rolled in flour tortillas like a burrito.
Traditional Haudenosaunee Corn Soup
Built around hulled white corn and beans—two of the Three Sisters—the soup is traditionally enriched with meat such as venison or turkey, producing a simple but hearty and nourishing meal.
Wabanaki-Style Steamed Mussels
While traditional accounts describe shellfish being cooked over fire beneath seaweed. This modern stovetop preparation uses the same fundamental technique—steam and little else—allowing the mussels themselves to provide most of the flavor.
