Small ripe eggplants ready to be harvested - Yuliia Bilousova/Getty Images A bad reputation can follow you for the rest of your life, but that's nothing compared to what some plants have endured. For ...

Whether you call it eggplant, aubergine, brinjal or melanzane, the polished purple-skinned vegetable speaks in one distinct accent when it comes to baking. It retains its skin intact and creamy ...

This summer, our tomatoes haven’t been great, but it’s been a banner year for eggplants (Solanum melongena). Have you ever wondered how eggplants got their name? What’s ‘eggy’ about a long, ...

A bad reputation can follow you for the rest of your life, but that's nothing compared to what some plants have endured. For centuries, eggplants (Solanum melongena), a member of the infamous ...