All the girls want a vampire for a boyfriend these days. That’s a fact. But it’s worth reconsidering wearing the letter jacket of someone who can’t be around garlic. I mean, I think the first thing I ever learned about cooking was that you could cut up garlic and put it in anything that wasn’t a dessert and it would taste better. Garlic was hot then. It was like bacon is now. Then it got played out, also like bacon.
But Elizabeth made this roasted garlic spread the other night and it reminded me of how great garlic is. Roasted garlic is this wonderful combination of spicy, sweet, and pungent that’s just so different from everything else we eat. Spread on a piece of toast, it’s a great appetizer all by itself, and it requires very little work. [Read more…]