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Garlic "cloves" are also called garlic "toes" in New Orleans-speak. (The NOLA.com / Times-Picayune archive) I am the grateful recipient of just-picked garlic that has the stems intact. With my sharp ...

Garlic is easy to store -- and there's more than one method -- so that you'll always have it on hand when needed. Let's just start with a little terminology to distinguish between the basic types: ...

Ever thought of garlic for a Christmas gift? Richard and Sharon Cawley hand braid their harvest to make the perfect present, saying it's a tasty alternative to cheaper imported raw garlic that is ...

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Cooks revere it, vampires fear it, gardeners nurture it. Herbalists swear by it, and historians expound on it. Garlic's credentials could make an onion weep. It's harder to find something garlic doesn ...

Fall is the best time to plant garlic for a summer harvest. Both the softneck and hardneck types of garlic can be planted now. The softneck varieties are found in most grocery stores. They have a mild ...

Use the garlic from your garden to make a garlic braid – don’t cut off the stems when you harvest it. Soft-neck garlic is better: its thinner, more flexible stalks are easier to work with. If the ...