European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Harris smells it coming thereat garlic revolution by John m. Leighty United press International 1 apis books in Berkeley Calil Iho aromatic Clove Rei Rorr. In piece Irr Arjo it Olin smelly Cook Book Public hmm House arc Wall posters and a collodion of offbeat tributes to album Finiw fun or gallic a member of Iho Lily family heralded in of lore As magical mystical and medicinal the com enl Block building Noel to Alice water s cafe Fanny and flanked by rows of abandoned houses is Al of i Haj Headquarters of the 4, lovers of slinking Rose evil supporters of garlic mania Lloyd John Harris who Shook the culinary world Wilh his Breal loss and enthusiastic free Book of garlic Back in 1974 and who edits the Ian club s Garry times newsletter Days he can smell a Greal garlic revolution or finding around the would i mail All the Lime prom people confessing their deep attachments to says Harris who has since published Rio official garlic lovers handbook and who prims Many of Iho poems Parees and recipes in the or Welcl tors and books some Sellers Are very funny and some arc vory serious " Harris who once lad a National Boycott by garlic Luvcas in the United slates against Mou chuvash p Oduces. Has begun a garlic gallery near his test Kitchen which includes such items As Clove shaped ceramics garlic Lla Varod gum. Garlic per Lump. Remedial in tic tablets and garlic part secs. Souvenirs Okes and posters an Arlisi hams has also Mikeial garlic if a pipes i look for Are things Ina arc seriously Lunn Yor Neil Busty serious like the garlic Bubble said 1 a mis whose advocacy Lor the Herb has earned him Iho nickname or. Garlic there a a lol of Ink being like Conwy now because of Iho Success of a vols like the Gilroy garlic Rosival " the translated Ohio get la Trillen word As of postal to simply directed through cooking " of these books one of the first was one ski Mil Cook Woofe which Harris Aid was like writing about the garlic of the sea acc Auvy it presented the same kind of Negolian As Well As positive another Lavorino Harris said was Myrto boy and meatballs a literary journey on a Grera Island emphasizing the people Andrj the Lood a recon offering to irom the mycological society of san Francisco and . Wild about mushrooms hams Inus All the recipes in the Hooks he publishes at n ins act Chon by his Small Gartie museum 10 make sure they Are Taslo Ful functional and factual to create an Al Moshure. Obviously where the words and the food can Como together says Harris who has built a cola log of 25 titles which Are sold mail order and in gourmet Lood and specially stores nationwide although hams has occasionally tried to shed his garlic Persona to become More serious about the publishing Side otitis business to keeps being drawn Back to Ine Herb which he says has survived through the Ages despite derision and scorn by mostly upper class people who did t like the earthy pungent Aroma it left on their breath. The peasants in every country where they grow garlic Eal garlic says Harris it s a peasant Lood and a Farmer s Lood. As you go up the social ladder you find people discarding the elements thai would identify them with lower classes so 1ne social implications of eating garlic is one of the fascinating aspects of its history " even americans who like garlic. Hams said often remove the Clove from the slew or meat being before sen ing Iho Lood. An acl Akin to Herus fortunately he says the is happening less because of an emphasis on Hciks spices and regional cuisine m Cook no circles whal we re calling the new american cuisine is a shill away from gourmet Coo Henrj which comes from the european elite and Back towards Peoples foods simply prepared and highly spiced Thi whal regional Coak ing is All about " Alice Walers whose four Star Chez Panisse Nofil Amirant in Berkeley has injun Parl m annual local garlic cult vans in recent years Jas the presence of the ubiquitous bulb on the menu became so popular she had to add it to the desserts von cannot ignore garlic you either eat garlic or you leave in alone she says adding that people coma to Berkeley irom All Over California to participate in the annual garlic frenzy food feels Hotd by a half Doz a res Laurants. Harris says garlic is a Lun. Lunny and fundamental food thai Falls into three categories Herb spice and vegetable garlic inspires a festive spirit creates a sense of grounded Ness and unites people in a spirit of camaraderie says Harris garlic is Basic to the world s Best cooking there Are very few exceptions and is Ona of the most Witten Aboul during the dark Ages garlic Iell Mlo disrepute although French priests claimed Ealing the Clove regularly Kepi them free of the plagues sweeping the european continent. Braided garlic was also Hung Arcima the Loots and windows of Nomes to protect the Page t4 the stars and stripes oar Lac it Bane to the world be to cooking Wyt toy of John Harris author of several books about Gorti � Friday. Sepler
