An Eggplant Of A Different Color Can Be Just As Sweet. July 13, 2012 10:49 AM ET. Allison Aubrey ... So if you want to cook with them, it's best to buy them and eat them while still mostly green.

If you've spied eggplants at the farmers market labeled Italian and Japanese you should try cooking with both of these ...

The color of eggplant fruit skin does not change until the fruit is truly physiologically ripe, ... Most of the cultivars of green eggplant are finger-like in shape, or very small and round.

Whatever the color, make sure the eggplant is all that color — there is no green, indicating unripeness. The skin should be shiny, too.

To bake a whole eggplant, first pierce the skin with a fork the way you would a baked potato. After about 30 minutes in the oven, you can scoop out the insides and stuff the eggplant, or mash the ...

The most beautiful eggplant I have ever encountered has fruit that starts out light green and then goes through color changes culminating in red-orange. 'Brazilian Oval Orange' is a vigorous ...