I first assembled the recipe years ago, back when I was working some boring job by day and catering by night, and I liked the recipe so much that I actually had the presence of mind to recreate it, carefully noting the components. Over the years it lapsed into the back of a notebook, until I fixed it for Zach on a whim a few months ago, and since then it has become a regular fixture in our house... One might even call it our "house" eggplant (can one have a "house eggplant?").