Cooks all over the world punctuate their food with garlic's pungent kick and while a clove or two add delicate heat to any dish, sometimes the occasion calls for a heavier hand.
If you're fending off vampires or a case of the sniffles, recently single, or otherwise throwing your inhibitions to the wind, read on for our 16 best garlic recipes.
Julia Child's Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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Garlic Rye Croutons
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Filipino Garlic Fried Rice with Vinegar Sauce (Sinangag)
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Black (Aged) Garlic Stock
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Garlic-Steamed Manila Clams

Raw Garlic Sauce
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Forty Cloves of Garlic Sauce (Thoum)
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Triple Garlic Linguine

Hand-CHopped Garlic Herb Salt

Grilled Lobster with Garlic-Parsley Butter
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Torshi Seer

Creamy Garlic Soup
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Simple Garlic Confit
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Roasted Garlic Ice Cream

Chez Panisse Garlic Butter

Carbone's Garlic Bread
