What kind of Garlic to Buy?

Kind? If you are thinking this is an odd question, you’ve got another great reason to shop at your local farmer’s market— unbelievable variety! For instance, my CSA farmer Bruce (AKA the KING of GARLIC at our market) grows at least nine varieties of garlic every year....
Fresh…REALLY Fresh…Garlic

Fresh…REALLY Fresh…Garlic

Now that the garlic scapes have, well…. escaped the market, what’s next? Fresh garlic, of course! But fresh garlic is not the garlic you might be used to: fresh from the soil, its skin is moist and white with beautiful purple veins. And it is fragile. Unlike its aged...