Sun-Soaked Eggplants (1 kg)

Let me share a secret with you: how to choose the perfect eggplant without ever seeing its color. The trick is in its weight and its skin. It has to be heavy, as if filled with sunlight, and its skin perfectly smooth — that’s what I feel under my fingertips. That tells me it will be creamy and dense inside, with very few seeds. Too light, and it’s nothing but bitterness and disappointment.

Today I am blind, but I still remember how its dark skin shimmered in the sun. When I was a boy, I once tried to roast an eggplant for dinner. The skin came out tough, the flesh bitter. My father looked at my failure, smiled, and showed me what I had done wrong. He taught me that you must salt an eggplant and let it weep out its bitterness first — just like a person does when life is hard. He used to say it’s a vegetable with character, and you need to know how to approach it.

When you buy a kilo of eggplants, you won’t receive them at your doorstep. Instead, you’ll be giving their flavor and sunshine to someone in Beirut who is hungry. You’ll give a meal to a family that has lost hope in an economy torn apart by crisis. And for me and my brother, you’ll make it possible to keep tending our garden. In this way, one vegetable feeds two homes — the one in Beirut, and mine here, my little vegetable paradise.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who receives the vegetables and fruit I purchase?

The produce you “buy” is delivered to people in need in Lebanon — the elderly, the sick, those with disabilities, and the poor.

What percentage of my donation goes directly to help?

Your entire donation, minus a small payment processing fee (PayU/PayPal), goes straight to helping those in need. It is not used to fund the running costs of the Good Factory Foundation. If you would like to support the Foundation’s statutory goals, click here.

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