"garlic" news and stories

If you're at the farmers market and see fragrant, garlic-scented greens with a bulbous bottom, you're probably looking at a garlic scape.

Garlic cloves can be tricky to peel -- try our goof-proof tricks.

• Even garlic is going green -- and adding nice mellow flavor as it does.
• "Zinfandel's like Beyonce"... and these wines are Zin's sexy backup singers.
• For the Vegas-bound, here are tons of great new restaurants.
• If you're thinking more about China than Vegas, try out Yu Garden -- a taste of Shanghai without the 12-hour plane trip.
• What is this, chopped liver? Why, yes, it is actually.

This is a great example of how something really simple -- like pizza dough -- can look really unusual, in this case like tiny golden snail shells. These twists of dough are brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt and chopped rosemary, and make a funky, off-the-beaten-path bread to serve alongside salads or appetizers.

Unfortunately, the blogger who shared this photo wasn't too impressed with the version she encountered at a local restaurant. (To use her exact words: "I found myself tugging and gnawing at the bundles . . . like a dog gnawing on a dried pig's ear.") Just another smart idea gone awry in the wrong hands. We still think it's worth experimenting with your own version at home.

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When you see something as delicious looking as this, becoming vegetarian not only seems perfectly feasible, but desirable.

All it takes to transform a humble can of chickpeas into this elegant dish is garlic, shallot, bay leaf and olive oil (oh, and some time in a 400-degree oven). The cook responsible for the above masterpiece also has a thing for Swiss chard, and thus stirs some in on occasion for a completely satisfying side dish.

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