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Summary: Alice Waters said it best in her Preface to this book:
Review: And I quote, "What I think I appreciate most about the Handbook is that it explains how garlic can find its right use depending on its variety, the time of year it is picked, and the kinds of foods with which it is served. All ingredients can be understood this way and need to be understood this way. Garlic is perhaps the first food that taught me this important lesson." Written in 1986 at the beginning of the national shift in taste toward garlic and other formerly shunned flavors in American cooking, this slim volume is a wealth of miscellany about garlic and a menu-oriented recipe book combined. L.J. Harris is a lively and compelling writer on a subject about which he is avowedly passionate. The Garlic Flan with Sweet-Sour Orange Chile Sauce is very good.
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Summary: Although helpful, this book is incomplete
Review: I checked out this book to help me on a report on Garlic. I also had two other articles as reference and basically what was in the articles (which is significantly pages shorter than this book) could also be found in this book. The information about Garlic in this book was bascially repeated from the articles I read on Garlic beforehand.The greatest disappointment would have to be Garlic's role in Vampire tales. I was hoping to obtain information on this subject through this book. I know already that Garlic has an chemical that turns the blood of Porphirya victims acidic. Porphirya victims have been known to suffer similar symptoms as 'vampires'. The chemical found in garlic basically makes the Porphirya victim uncomfortable, resulting in a heated retreat from the plant. I hate having to supplement material missed in this book in a review. This book has nothing I don't already know. The Garlic Lover's Handbook is basically a text with recipes and ... for joining a garlic lover's society forum. Perhaps the only good thing about this book was the history on Garlic and its uses.
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