Here’s a Versatile Eggplant Recipe You’ll Love. Trust Us

Sicilian caponata is the perfect dish to eat as eggplant season winds down.

Given its mild flavor and dense texture, there’s a lot eggplant can do. It often stands in for meat when sautéed or in casseroles or on the grill. Spafra/Dreamstime/TNS

It’s hard to imagine my late summer kitchen without eggplant.

Strolling the farmers markets, I can’t hold back and pile my basket with eggplant in all shapes and sizes—black, thin, and footlong; bright fuchsia; magenta with white striations; pale violet; light green; egg-shaped ivory.