When I hear the word eggplant (Solanum melongena), I immediately think of my all-time favorite Mediterranean dish, the smoky, garlicky baba ghanoush. The next thing I think of is eggplant’s famous color, that deep, gorgeous, intense shade of… white? White eggplant? Let’s explore, shall we? Have you ever wondered how our deep, dark purple eggplant got its rather vivid and seemingly meaningless name? Raw, this large purple vegetable doesn’t lo
