UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERIES OF LES LÉGUMES FRANCAISE

De l’Aubergine et des Pois Chiches?

Or eggplant and chickpeas? And un ananas or a pineapple?

Eggplant/Aubergine & chickpeas/pois chiches. And a pineapple/ ananas (all photos by author)

I’m on an aubergine/eggplant kick — the British and French use the name aubergine. It became known as eggplant in the US because early varieties, brought to the States by Europeans were white and…