Eggplant Mushroom Style

Eggplant was always an ingredient that I could take or leave. And then I went to Sicily and discovered eggplant in all its glory. Since then it has become a regular star in my cooking. In this recipe, we treat eggplant as we might treat mushrooms in cooking to create an earthy, almost sweet dish that I love to serve as an appetizer with crunchy whole-grain bread.