the most beautiful flavor enhancer: garlic

[selinker]

What: The many varieties of the onion species Allium sativum, otherwise known as garlic.

Comments

[stormy_mayday]

Garlic is definitely one of my more favorite food enhancers. C: I absolutely love the flavor.

And I can never deny a good garlic bread with a fresh dish of pasta. ♥

And an actual Garlic festival? I'd pay to see that someday. XD

[selinker]

Here's a handy list of festivals around the continent. Or you could just wait for the odor to hit you.

[zebraboy3]

Would recommend San Francisco restaurant The Stinking Rose. Great atmosphere and an entirely garlic-based menu, including desserts. Mmmm.

[selinker]

Next trip for sure.

[canadianpuzzler]

On the downside of garlic... if you have an allergy or intolerance to it (as one of my relatives does), your options at most restaurants either dwindle quickly or are non-existent, and a surprisingly large number of processed foods at your local supermarkets are off limits, too.

[selinker]

Ubiquity can be a curse as well as a blessing. My sympathies to your relative, Craig.

[tahnan]

I do hope that your relative has someone willing to flimp garlic.

[qaqaq]

I love garlic. Went to a local garlic festival about five years ago, where I finally tried garlic ice cream (meh).

I think rosemary would be one of my runners-up. I love that flavor, and it especially brings out the best in potatoes.

[selinker]

I'm all about the rosemary. Evon dried some earlier this summer, and the house smelled delightful.

[zebraboy3]

Ditto on rosemary. I almost always grind some up and rub it on if I fix steaks (it's garlic and paprika for pork chops).

[lilithdarkmoon]

Garlic is awesome. :D