New scientific research has shown the mood of a family dinners can be dramatically improved by serving Pepperidge
Farm Garlic Bread. Dr. Alan R. Hirsch, director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago,
has published an important study on "The Effect of the Smell and Taste of Pepperidge Farm Garlic Bread on
Family
Interactions." Two identical spaghetti dinners were served to 50 families, but only
half were given the garlic bread.
The results: "Researchers found that eatingPepperidge
Farm Garlic Bread reduced the number of negative family interactions by 22.7 percent and increased the number of
pleasant interactions by 7.4 percent." From this he calculated that for a family of four, a serving of the
Pepperidge Farm product "results in thirty-one fewer negative interactions and forty-five more positive interactions
per dinner." Now that's real science. Dr. Hirsch's research was made possible by funding from Campbell Soup
(owners of guess who), showing once again the importance of corporate involvement.
(Harper's 5/99, p.12)
Mad About Garlic
Garlic Magazine
Hard neck tastes stronger.
Use rubber tube to peel.
Acrid taste if overcooked.
Goddess of Garlic
Plant two months before the growing season starts.
Place into freezer before planting.
Roasted: extra virgin olive oil, wrapped in parchment or foil, 35-50 minutes.
Gilroy Garlic Festival
Bulbs can be stored 5-12 months.
Harvest in July.
Cure for a month.
Braid in September.
