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Making eggplant Parmigiana

Sliced eggplant is just the beginning for many

Photo credit: Fotolia | Sliced eggplant is just the beginning for many Parmigianas.

Erica Marcus

Erica Marcus (face disguised) is Newsday's food writer. Erica Marcus

Marcus has covered food for Newsday since 1998.

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Do they have veal Parmigiana in Italy?

Not really. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find any dish in which a slab of veal, chicken or eggplant (let alone shrimp) is smothered in tomato sauce and then blanketed in melted mozzarella.

Despite a name that calls to mind the northern Italian city of Parma, the ancestor of America's myriad Parms is a southern Italian eggplant dish, Parmigiana...

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