Current sectionFoodShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMakdous on the breakfast table, alongside manakish (za'atar flatbread), homemade labneh and olives. Credit: Dor KedmiIn a village in the Golan Heights, Salman Sharf is one of the last farmers still growing heirloom eggplants by traditional methods. The local Druze use them to make an irresistible stuffed delicacyRonit Vered12:45 PM • August 24 2026 IDTThere's a long waiting list for the eggplants that Salman Sharf grows each summer in his home village of Ein Qiniyye, the smallest of the Druze villages in the Golan Heights. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:DruzeGolan HeightsGalileeIsrael foodLebanonSyriaIsrael agricultureCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankEisenkotSyriaE1 TenderNetanyahuGazaMark RuffaloHaQuizHaaretz PodcastThis Druze Farmer's Levantine Eggplant Is So Prized, There's a Waiting ListAltalena Shipwreck Found Intact Underwater 78 Years After IDF Sank Irgun VesselTreasury Secretary Bessent: Trump's 'Economic D-Day' on Iran to Begin at DawnIsrael's Former Labor Party Leader Announces Pancreatic Cancer DiagnosisThe Last Thing Israel Needs Is Another Leader Afraid to Say 'Palestinian State'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?Israeli Army Orders Criminal Probes Into Killing of Hind Rajab, Gaza Medics