Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from our sister sites FineGardening.com and FineCooking.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare food crops. Eggplants are versatile vegetables, so tune in to learn how to succeed with your crop and then make magic in the kitchen.

Episode 4: How to Roast Eggplants

What do you do when the eggplants start ripening in droves? You roast them, of course, so they keep longer in the refrigerator. Sarah shows you how it’s done in this episode, and how to make scrumptious baba ghanoush.

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Episode 1: How to Plant Eggplants

Don’t let these purple or white beauties fool you: when you know how to do it, growing eggplant is simple. In this first episode, Danielle shares all the tricks and tips you need to get them off to a…