Grilled Aubergine with Lemon, Basil and Cracked Coriander

@frederike, does your book really call this dish Grilled Aubergine? Mine calls it Broiled Eggplant. You know, I bought this book on a remainders table in Amsterdam something like 20 years ago, and it never occurred to me it wasn't a UK book. But, of course, it says eggplant, so it must be US. Sometimes I'm underwhelmed by my alertness.

Haha, yes it does (published by Penguin, RRP £ 8,99). Where did you get yours? I bought mine at the American Book Centre at the Munt, about 11 years ago I think.

At the bookshop at ... Koningsplein, I think it is. (Nine years away and I can't remember street names anymore!) I used to call it the 3-named bookshop and couldn't remember any of them, although it's changed maybe twice since then. Seven stories high. Really good for a ramble through. They had a little café for a while, Bagel&Beans?, which made it a nice place to meet a bookish friend. Scheltema maybe? I think there was an AH next door? Tram stop.

Yes, that used to be Scheltema (then Selexyz, then Polaris, now they've re-opened in a different location as Scheltema) - we always just kept referring to it as Scheltema.

It is gone now? That shop was wonderful fun. The remainders table was a good place to pick up interesting cookbooks.

It was re-opened by a couple of (ex-)employees as Scheltema in a new place near the Dam a few years ago, after Polaris finally went bankrupt. I only went to see it once, but it's really nice; bigger than before, but still a very good bookstore with a nice athmosphere.