Sources

Check your local garden centers now for garlic bulbs or order them online from seed suppliers. There’s still time to purchase and plant garlic cloves from these mail-order firms:

Burpee, 800-888-1447, www.burpee.com

Dakota Garlic, 719-510-9444, or www.dakotagarlic.com

Filaree Farm, 509-422 6940, or www.filareefarm.com

John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds, 860-567-6086, or KitchenGardenSeed.com

Johnny’s Selected Seeds, 877-564-6697, or www.johnnyseeds.com

Seeds of Change Inc., 888-762-7333, or www.seedsofchange.com

Territorial Seed Co., 800-626-0866, or www.territorialseed.com

Recipes

Roasted Garlic:

If you enjoy garlic, you’ll love roasting it and spreading the buttery cloves on fresh bread. Roasting brings out a silky texture and a mellow soft taste.

2 medium-size garlic heads (bulbs)

2 teaspoons of olive oil

Aluminum foil

A loaf of fresh crusty French or Italian bread

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.

2. Slice off the very top of the garlic bulb (about 1/2 inch). You can set that aside and use that bit of raw garlic in another recipe. Place the garlic heads on a sheet of aluminum foil (cut side facing up). Drizzle a teaspoon of olive oil over each head and loosely wrap the foil over them. I use heavy duty aluminum foil. If you use a lighter weight foil, double it so the oil won’t leak in the oven.

3. Place the foil package directly on the oven rack and roast for about 45 minutes to an hour. (The aroma is heavenly.)

4. Carefully open the foil packet to let the garlic cool. Squeeze the soft cloves out of the papery skin and spread on fresh bread. You won’t need butter. Yum!

Stir-fried Bok Choy with Garlic:

1 lb. baby bok choy

2 oz vegetable oil

8 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced thin

Salt, as needed

Sugar, as needed

1. Cut the bok choy lengthwise in half. Blanch the bok choy in boiling salted water, then place in an ice bath and drain well. (This prevents the bok choy from overcooking.)

2. Heat the oil in a wok (or sauté pan), add the garlic, and stir-fry until aromatic and light brown (don’t burn the garlic or it will be bitter).

3. Add the bok choy and stir-fry to complete cooking. Add a small amount of water to the pan to keep the garlic form burning, if necessary. Season with salt and sugar. Serve warm.