Served with mountain bread, the smoky eggplant flavour of Blue Nile's Ethiopian eggplant dip is the perfect way to start your evening.

Very ripe tomatoes make all the difference in our okra, eggplant and turmeric stew. Serve with bread or on a grilled fillet of fish.

Steaming eggplant gives it a lovely silky texture and makes a lighter alternative to frying. The dressing can be made with a curry paste for extra spiciness. Begin this recipe a day ahead to soak the chickpeas.

Bondi Trattoria's Joe Pavlovic perfects the meatlover's pizza; fior di latte cheese, charred eggplant, pork and fennel sausage, and salty jamón ibérico.

Christine Mansfield shares a theatrical eggplant sandwich recipe from her Paragon days in the early 1990s, a vegetarian endeavour with goat's cheese, capsicum, pesto and a balsamic vinaigrette.

Curtis Stone shares his recipe the barbecued lamb ribs he plates up at new LA restaurant Gwen. "Lamb ribs are juicy and delicious to eat right off the bone," says Stone. "The ribs are covered and cooked low and slow in the oven and are finished uncovered on the barbecue to achieve a good crust."

Pan-fried duck is drizzled with lime, tamarind, fish sauce and herbs in this quick meal.

Prepare a meal fit for a king as Sydney restaurant Stanbuli shares their recipe for a decadent Sultan's delight with duck and smoky eggplant.

Recipe for Post at Como The Treasury's smoked mozzarella and eggplant mezzalune with tomato, squash and zucchini, Perth, WA