Skip to content

Garlic, Garlic, Garlic : More than 200 Exceptional Recipes for the World's
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different

Garlic, Garlic, Garlic : More than 200 Exceptional Recipes for the World's Most Indispensable Ingredient Paperback - 1998

by Griffith, Fred, Griffith, Linda

  • Used

Cover-to-cover fun, jam-packed with recipes and garlic lore, this testimony to the power of garlic is perfect for all lovers of "the stinking rose." In the past decade, garlic consumption has doubled. Garlic is respected not only in gourmet circles but in medical circles as well, for scientific studies have found that it helps lower cholesterol and may ward off colds and even cancer. Garlic, Garlic, Garlic is handsomely illustrated, and sidebars throughout present garlic-powered recipes, profile growers and festivals, give results of taste tests of more than fifty varieties, and explore the role of garlic in movies, songs, and literature, offering every serious and zany fact about garlic that you'd ever want to know. It's the same lusty combination that made Onions, Onions, Onions a bestseller.

Description

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Used - Good
NZ$12.48
FREE Shipping to USA Standard delivery: 4 to 8 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Better World Books (Indiana, United States)

Details

About Better World Books Indiana, United States

Biblio member since 2005
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Better World Books is the world's leading socially conscious online bookseller and has sold over 100 million books. Each sale generates funds for global literacy and education initiatives. We offer low prices, fast shipping, and have a 100% money back guarantee, if you are not completely satisfied.

Terms of Sale:

Better World Books wants every single one of its customers to be happy with their purchase. If you are not satisfied your purchase or simply find out that it was not the book you were looking for, please e-mail us at: help@betterworldbooks.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible with directions on how to return the book to our warehouse. Please keep in mind that because we deal mostly in used books, any extra components, such as CDs or access codes, are usually not included. CDs: If the book does include a CD, it will be noted in the book's description ("With CD!"). Otherwise, there is no CD included, even if the term is used in the book's title. Access Codes: Unless the book is described as "New," please assume that the book does *not* have an access code.

Browse books from Better World Books

Summary

Cover-to-cover fun, jam-packed with recipes and garlic lore, this testimony to the power of garlic is perfect for all lovers of "the stinking rose." In the past decade, garlic consumption has doubled. Garlic is respected not only in gourmet circles but in medical circles as well, for scientific studies have found that it helps lower cholesterol and may ward off colds and even cancer. Garlic, Garlic, Garlic is handsomely illustrated, and sidebars throughout present garlic-powered recipes, profile growers and festivals, give results of taste tests of more than fifty varieties, and explore the role of garlic in movies, songs, and literature, offering every serious and zany fact about garlic that you'd ever want to know. It's the same lusty combination that made Onions, Onions, Onions a bestseller.

Categories

Excerpt

Autumn Gratin of Turnips, Sweet Potatoes & Garlic

Serves 6

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter 1 pound turnips, scrubbed and thinly sliced 2 medium-large sweet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 4 plump garlic cloves, smashed and minced 1 1/2 cups milk 1 cup grated semisoft cheese, such as raclette or fontina Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper Freshly grated nutmeg 2 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Generously oil a shallow 3-quart gratin dish.

Melt butter in a large skillet. Add turnips, sweet potatoes and garlic. Toss several times to coat with butter. Cover and cook over very low heat for 10 minutes, just to begin cooking process. Add milk and cook over high heat until liquids bubble. Stir in cheese, salt and pepper. Blend until cheese is evenly distributed.

Transfer mixture to gratin dish. Grate some nutmeg over top, then sprinkle evenly with bread crumbs.

Bake uncovered for 1 hour, or until top is golden brown and vegetables are exceptionally tender. Serve.

Wine: Qupe Cellars "Bien Nacido" Cuvoe White Santa Barbara County (California: Santa Barbara County) or a French Chardonnay from the Macon.

Copyright (c) 1998 by Linda Griffith and Fred Griffith. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.