Love garlic? What to know, how to pick good ones and a tasty tart recipe

Love garlic? What to know, how to pick good ones and a tasty tart recipe

It is hard to imagine cooking without garlic – it is one of those ingredients I always have in my kitchen, and it is used in almost every cuisine around the world. In the not-too-distant past, though, there was a snobbery about it within some cultures: garlic was considered to be an ingredient used only by the lower classes and immigrants. The fat, moist cloves grow tightly packed in what is called a bulb or head, and are covered with a papery s…