Today, the white eggplant is rarer, but the name stuck ... They can also be stuffed and cooked whole or used in dips. Thai eggplants—also called apple eggplants—are small two-inch globes ...

For a long time, eggplant was my white whale of summer produce ... denser Italian eggplant and the green, round Thai eggplant. Becky notes that although outward appearances may differ, “you ...