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Garlic is an aromatic used in an incredibly wide variety of recipes, as it builds a base of flavor and aroma. When you crush and mince garlic, breaking down the cell walls, a compound called allicin ...

While there are plenty of people who swear by their garlic peeling methods, for the lower-maintenance chefs out there, popping open a jar of minced garlic is the better way to go. But while it saves ...

Garlic can be pretty time consuming to prepare, relatively speaking. If you're hoping to cut down on prep time, Lidia ...

The intensity of garlic flavor in a dish is directly correlated with how finely it is chopped. The best knife for crushing, peeling, and mincing garlic is a large, heavy chef's knife. Peel garlic with ...

I avoid mincing garlic at all costs. My technique is not the issue—my will is. I hate doing it, so I don’t. Having made every recipe I know with smashed, chopped, sliced, or puréed garlic instead of ...

Ann Taylor Pittman is a Senior Food Editor at Food & Wine. She is a writer, recipe developer, editor, and cookbook author with more than 26 years of experience in food media. To say that garlic is a ...