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Recipe: Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp

Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp comes from the excellent onolicious blog, which we’ve visited in the past. Kathy points out this is actually “local” fusion food rather than a traditional Hawaiian dish, but she uses that name because it’s what people are … Continue reading

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Trader Joe’s Premium Peeled Garlic

I use a lot of garlic when I cook. I hate peeling garlic. Ergo, I use already-peeled garlic cloves. I have tried several brands from Asian markets and also the Spice World brand, which is sold at my local big … Continue reading

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Recipe: Garlic Spread (Toum)

At Goood Frickin’ Chicken in San Francisco, they provided an addictive garlic spread (called Toum) along with their addictive grilled chicken. The plan was to slather it on everything: pita, chicken, your fingers. Our version is just as good though … Continue reading

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Recipe: Garlic Bread

Our garlic bread is Texan, not Upstate Italian, in provenance. It’s what our mother made to serve with spaghetti or maybe a chicken in tomato sauce. It’s super easy and uses materials you probably have on hand… just what’s needed … Continue reading

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Recipe: Garlic Bacon

Garlic bacon is exactly what we need in times like these. We stole it from Food52, who stole it from Chrissy Teigen. Only change we’ve made is to double the garlic. Makes 1 or 2 servings, but it’s easy to … Continue reading

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Recipe: Garlic Comfit

I bought one of those big bags of peeled garlic and it was getting long in the tooth, so I made Garlic Comfit. The cloves retain their garlic-ness for use in cooked dishes, and I now have some nice flavored … Continue reading

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Recipe: Chicken with 47 Cloves of Garlic

This is kind of like stone soup: a gimmick is used to produce a solid basic dish. I prefer Martha Stewart’s approach in which the chicken is cooked at high heat throughout. Serves 4-6. Ingredients: 1 large healthy chicken 47 … Continue reading

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