"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese. Garlic makes it good."
Attributed to Alice May Brock, former restaurateur and titular subject of Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant."
Good Quote: On Garlic
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Speaking of garlic, if you are here in NYC, you MUST get garlic from a farmer named Keith (roughly in front of Republic noodle) -- it's an heirloom breed he smuggled in from Italy years back, and it is absolutely delicious!!!!!
For years, I had a postcard stuck to my fridge that had a beautiful black and white photograph of a head of garlic and a single, eloquent line of copy:
"Garlic is the ketchup of intellectuals."
I would have said tomato and basil make it italian