Italian Cooking Class: Eggplant Saute, Orzo, Panzanella, Polenta (and Blueberry Crisp)

I have a very nice set of eight students for my cooking class. They seem to have figured out from the beginning how to work well together - tonight, they did a great job with an Italian dinner featuring an eggplant saute, orzo with lemon juice and pine nuts, bread salad (panzanella), polenta, and (not shown here), blueberry crisp for dessert. They put everything together in just an hour and a half or so of cooking, so we could eat at leisure and be out of the classroom earlier than usual. The dishes came out well, particularly their panzanella.