With so many garlic varieties available to grow, how do you know where to start? Compare different types for your needs and climate with our expert guide.

The softball-sized bulbs of elephant garlic come as a surprise to those who don’t know about this leek relative. Instead of growing a solid bulb like a leek, the plants form a bulb that looks like ...

There are many varieties of garlic out there, but the most common ones yield a fairly standard number of cloves, however some chefs seek out more obscure kinds.

Shawn Loughridge strapped on a microphone as she fielded questions to the growing throngs of people. How do you cook it? How do you grow it? How strong is the taste? The general public showed up for ...

PANICALE, Italy — Big onions, big garlic and getting flavor out of big seedless watermelon. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, filling in for vacationing columnist Ben Mims with ...

Can you help me to determine what is meant by “cloves of garlic” as a measurement? For example so many recipes call for amounts along the lines of “2 cloves of garlic, minced” or “3 cloves of garlic, ...

Q: Can you help me to determine what is meant by “cloves of garlic” as a measurement? For example so many recipes call for amounts along the lines of “2 cloves of garlic, minced” or “3 cloves of ...

This week's look at what's new, bountiful or mysterious in the produce aisles. The following is a true story: One night a group of twenty-somethings went out for tapas and drinks. A certain reveler, ...