Garlic, glorious garlic! …

Barrels of garlic cloves for sale

at the Sunday farmer’s market across the street

Organic garlic head from the

Park Slope Food Coop looks like it’s ready to be planted!….

I've heard it's best to make sure

the bottom of your garlic heads aren’t bald (dag, one of these garlic heads looks like it had a Brazilian wax'…)

How delicious does this sound?!...

I get nervous when my garlic stash

goes lower than two bulbs or heads of garlic….

Not only in Egypt but all over the

African continent garlic has been used for flavor and vitality longe before the allium ever arrived to Italy…

Sous Chef LisaRoxanne plated this...

entirely for a beauty shot lol (during prep for a food event we did in Philly)

muddling my own garlic

for a homemade garlic paste perfect for so many dips and sauces…

I like to read the ingredients of

things that look delicious then make my own version withOUT sugar 😝…)…

With limited resources, there ain’t enough time in the world rt. now for every single TFG calendar day to have full on well -written articles or blogposts. AND original beauty shots. So some days it’s just gotta be either or. This is one a those days . (At least there are words & info on some of the pics 😆 enjoy!)

Then there’s garlic POWDER… used in more African-American households than any other demographic as I recall coming across stat — unsurprised. I’ve got theories . Depending on the dish, for extra flavor I oft use a combo of fresh garlic cloves (diced, crushed, pulverized etc.) AND powdered or granulated garlic…

Garlic does have a very interesting story . You know the drill --re: any narratives you don't see detailed here: for the people who are already supporting my work on Patreon , they can access and/or ask for ‘more to the story’ on any topic of interest. Consider joining with them in support, thank you!….

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PS. 🐾 It’s also CAT LADY DAY today! how can i resist celebrating that? ….Maybe I’ll post direct to IG, TikTok or FB day of… (naturally about the best kind of cat FOOD for your kitty babies.)._ Stay tuned.