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February 9, 2024

How the Eggplant Became a Jewish Vegetable

A Sephardi culinary love affair.

When Jews, fleeing persecution, left Spain and scattered across the Mediterranean in the 14th and 15th centuries, they brought distinctive recipes for eggplant with them. According to Orge Castellano, they may even be responsible for introducing the food into Italian and Greek cuisines. He writes:

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