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Eat Garlic Ice Cream and Cozy Up to a 'Top Chef' at Cali's Garlic Fest

Where: Christmas Hill Park [map], Gilroy, CA, United States, 95020
July 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM | by | Comments (0)

Garlic bulb hats are not required for festival entry.

Stanky breath be damned. We will put up with a bad case of halitosis to gorge on the 4,500 pounds of fresh California garlic at the 32nd Gilroy Garlic Festival July 23 to 25.

You can taste the aromatic herb in fest dishes such as calamari, scampi, stuffed mushrooms, Italian sausage sammies, garlic ginger chicken stir-fry, garlic fries , garlic fried green tomatoes, garlic jelly and peppersteak sandwiches. If you want sweet selections, try garlic kettlecorn and garlic ice cream.

The festival happens in Gilroy, California, 30 miles south of San Jose. The city calls itself the Garlic Capital of the World. More than 100,000 people are expected to turn out for the fest's garlicky goodies.

Aside from the food, one of the biggest highlights of the event is an appearance from Top Chef season five fan favorite Fabio Viviani. He will give a cooking demo of on July 24; let's hope all of his fingers stay in tact this time. He'll also host a Garlic Showdown featuring Bay Area chefs showing off their chops on July 25.

As far as non-garlic offerings, the fest will have 46 concerts on three stages and a children's area with games and rides. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $8 for kids. BYO mints.

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[Photo: Gilroy Garlic Festival's Facebook]

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