Garlic 101
July 31, 2020
Garlic has had a checkered past in many places around the world. Toronto food writer James Chatto tells an intriguing story about his father’s love/hate relationship with garlic. ...
July 30, 2020
First-time garlic taste testers are often astonished by the variety of
flavours, sweetness and heat levels found in Ontario garlic. A very
basic taste test is to try fresh, raw ...
July 30, 2020
We’re all familiar with garlic’s distinctive odour and taste, but where does it come from? Harvard-trained chemist Dr. Eric Block has been studying garlic for more than forty ...
July 30, 2020
A persistent belief is the power of garlic is to ward off vampires.
Probably the most popular theory of the origin of the vampire is the
disease porphyria, a term ...
May 15, 2016
Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic ...