Garlic News

The warm weather was welcome after that long winter, but this is no time for sunbathing - there are jobs to do, says Michael Kelly I arrived back home to Waterford after a week or so away and couldn't wait to get out to the veg patch to see how things had progressed in my absence.

Even if you're paying close attention, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with the latest in food news here in Milwaukee.

If you have never had roasted garlic , you are in for a treat. Do not let it scare you.

Garlic Fest will hold its second annual event June 23 with an expanded roster of tasty but bad-breath-inducing dishes.

Your microwave can be used for so much more than popcorn and leftovers! Oven-roasting garlic is easy but takes nearly an hour and heats up the whole house, so this summer, save some time with Chef Fabio's easy microwave method.

The usual way to roast garlic involves slicing the top off the entire head, roasting it whole, and then squeezing the roasted cloves out of their skins.

Packed with antioxidants, your immune system could benefit if you give it a constant boost of powerful garlic in daily recipes .

Q: I made a batch of pickled dill beans. Instead of the regular garlic, I bought a head of garlic with big cloves.

Garlic is a member of the onion species and has been used throughout history for culinary and medicinal purposes.

Place the garlic cloves on a 10- or 12-inch square of aluminum foil. Drizzle 1½ teaspoons of the oil over the cloves.

Q. What is the criteria for selecting a fresh pineapple? I see them at the store, but walk right on by as I am not sure how to pick out a good one.

Q: I made a batch of pickled dill beans. Instead of the regular garlic, I bought a head of garlic with big cloves.

Garlic is effective across a broad spectrum of bacteria, unlike many pharmaceutical antibiotics, which kill only a narrow range of germs.

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Garlic has an almost mystical quality. Its pungent vapors are said to ward off vampires .

You're driving home from a first date, and it went great: You didn't sweat too much, your jokes worked 50 percent of the time, and she didn't get an "emergency phone call" in the middle of dinner.