Gilroy Was Here

Here's a link to a diary on Daily Kos, but it's completely nonpolitical and I think it'll be of great interest to a lot of people here: It's a blog about attending last weekend's Gilroy Garlic Festival (special guest: Angelo Sosa from Top Chef).

What are your favorite uses for, and/or recipes with, garlic?

• I love roasting it in a mini-Crock Pot -- exactly the same as roasting it in the oven (cut off the top of a head or two, pour on a small amount of olive oil, go away for awhile) except, instead of an hour of roasting, you've got the smell of roasted garlic permeating the place all frickin' day.
• Now that I say that aloud, I may add a quartered onion next time.
• I'm learning to use a decent spice rub, which absolutely means garlic (often powder, which doesn't burn in the oven as freshly-grated garlic does).
• Any time I make pasta sauce, tacos, especially my bad-ass killer chili, anything like that, there has to be some garlic involved.

Dracula -- As You've Never Seen Him Before

No, really.