Garlic

- Cooking: Recipes for over 50 dishes that burst with flavour and also boost your health

- Growing: Grow your own garlic with suggestions of the very best varieties and step-by-step guidance for planting, harvesting, plaiting and storing

- Healing: Remedies with the power to treat and protect you from a large range of common illnesses, plus up-to-date research on garlic's many health benefits and therapeutic properties



The magic of garlic, for cooking and healing, has been known since the dawn of civilisation.Garlic: The Mighty Bulb is a comprehensive guide to using garlic at home, not just a staple when cooking but in a variety of ways. There's advice on growing your own (the best varieties for health) and how to cultivate and store the plant to maintain its healing properties. Author Natasha Edwards also demonstrates how to dry and plait garlic into traditional grappes, how to make up decongestants and boost the immune system. Plus a collection of 50 simple and varied recipes, from classic dishes such as aïoli and chicken with 40 cloves of garlic to salad dressings and immune boosting winter soups.