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"This looked interesting, and I am posting here for safekeeping. Will update description when I try it. Good thing about it is that it offers substitutes for hard-to-find Asian ingredients. A recipe by Haryumi Kurihara, the "empress of Japanese domesticity" based on an article I cut out of the NY Times."

Ingredients: dry sherry, eggplants...

"Based on a recipe from Bon Appetit. Very easy but impressive looking and tasting."

Ingredients: dry crushed red pepper, mixed baby greens...

"A great way to enjoy one sadly overlooked vegetable. The Eggplant. Add your favorite protein for a great one dish meal! This is my version of my friend Mayumi's recipe. I prefer the long and thin Japanese or Chinese eggplant. They taste less acidic."

Ingredients: fresh ginger, mirin...

"Stewed eggplant doesn't sound exciting to you? Think that eggplant is only for vegetarians? Or just plain have no idea what to do with eggplant other than eggplant pamesean? Well, this delightful and simple Japanese eggplant dish will change your mind--and your palate-about eggplant. No one I have ever served this to has ever said anything but,..."

Ingredients: bonito flakes, mirin...

"A recipe passed on by Australian chef Simon Bryant which he obtained on a trip to Japan."

Ingredients: egg yolks, eggplants...

"This tastes just like my local Japanese restaurants' does. I hope my instructions aren't too confusing. Whenever I serve this, I give each person an eggplant half so they can eat the eggplant out of the eggplant shell."

Ingredients: cornstarch, eggplants...

"This is a very light batter fried dish, lots of fun to make and eat."

Ingredients: shrimp, egg yolks, eggplants...

"According to Chinese legend, deliciously rich black forbidden rice was considered so rare and nutritious that only the emperor was allowed to eat it. Now you can find it in some grocery store and health food stores. You can mix the components together and bake as a casserole or serve individually. Adapted from Delicious Living magazine."

Ingredients: eggplants, black rice, mirin...

"This is a great side dish with a Japanese meal-or any Asian meal for that matter."

Ingredients: dashi, green peppers, mirin...

"A Japanese restaurant favorite. May be best suited for the more experienced fan of Japanese cuisine."

Ingredients: dark soy sauce, dashi, ginger...

"From "Ofukuro no Aji" cookbook."

Ingredients: cornstarch, light miso, mirin...

"So easy and healthier than regular fried foods. Try any vegetables, these are just my personal favorite for tempura. Itadakimatsu! (bon apetit!)"

Ingredients: eggplants, oil, onions...

"Every year I plant Japanese eggplant in my garden... my favorite way to eat it is simply grilled, then sliced with soy sauce and ground roasted sesame seeds. I was overwhelmed with eggplant last season, and had to "branch" out to other methods. This is a recipe my Japanese mom taught me. Make subsitutions at your own risk! :) I can only..."

Ingredients: cooking spray, dark sesame oil...

"Try to get Japanese aubergines for this as they work really well"

Ingredients: coconut milk, ground turmeric...