Recipes: How to open up a pomegranate, and make Eggplant in Fans

On a trip to the Old Oakland Farmers Market on a recent Friday, Victoria Slind-Flor picked up some vegetables ranging from every-day bell peppers to exotic hyacinth beans -- and a nifty demonstration on how to deftly open up a pomegranate, without crushing half the kernels in the process.

Victoria also found some nearly-round Prosperosa eggplants, which were perfect for this recipe, called Baby Eggplant in Fans.