"Garlic is a precious ingredient and super important for cooking Italian food, among other cuisines," says Rossella Rago, an Italian-American cookbook author and host of the webisode series Cooking ...

Garlic is a low-maintenance kitchen staple with a fairly long shelf life, but even so, the beloved allium is not immune to inevitably spoiling with time. Ultimately, freshness boils down to storage.

Garlic is always a good idea. It’s healthy, it works in all kinds of dishes and it turns boring old French bread into … delectable garlic bread. To have garlic on hand is to have a meal-enhancing ...

Never store garlic confit at room temperature, as this can promote the growth of Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces potentially deadly neurotoxins. To minimize the risk of botulism, ...

Roast whole garlic heads or individual cloves in the oven to give the ingredient a sweeter and more mild flavor.