A very pregnant writer tests an old wives' tale that involves lots of cheese.
Like every other pregnant person in the history of time, I was nearing a point of pathetic desperation. At 38 weeks, and so large that I once got stuck in my bathtub, my usually rational mind grew increasingly frustrated with science and simultaneously open to old wives’ tales:So by the time the late-night note arrived in my inbox, it was weird but notweird: “Try this recipe,” wrote a Facebook friend I hadn’t seen in a decade.
Since that last part is definitely true, and with nothing but more waiting to do, I probe her for more details on the recipe’s origin:, an old-fashioned family-owned Italian restaurant in Cobb County, Georgia.Since 1980, the Atlanta suburban spot—via word of mouth and long before social media—has become a pilgrimage place for pregnant women eager to not be pregnant anymore. Managerclaims at least a thousand “eggplant babies” have been born after moms-to-be consumed his family’s famous dish.
Science, however, is pretty unconvinced. Studies are mixed, at absolute best, but many centuries’ worth of anecdotal reports are strong. “People have used herbal and dietary medicine forever,” explains
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