My wonderful, talented sister Julia is currently traveling around Europe, and just completed a three day stint in Roma. As I am wildly jealous and hoping to live vicariously through her, I wanted to make one of the Italian dishes she taught me to make properly: Eggplant Parmesan.
Before she took off across the ocean blue, I helped her with a catering event in which we massively overestimated portions, and therefore I was able to gorge on Eggplant Parm for days after. It also meant I had to repeat this recipe about a hundred times. I'm still not sure my Parm is up to snuff with Julia's but OMG I love trying!