A good eggplant makes all the difference. Eggplant is a vegetable that took me a while to like. Eggplant tastes bitter if eaten raw, but when cooked, this vegetable takes on a mild, sweet flavor.

Vegetable farmers in Pabna are reeling from heavy losses this winter as a glut in supply drives down market prices.

“Mizu-nasu,” literally “water eggplant,” is also a local variety ... Tradition has it that “farmers would eat fresh mizu-nasu to hydrate themselves during field work.” ...