Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers

From America's most lighthearted documentarian--and one of its best--a 51-minute film celebrating garlic, its pleasures, its powers, and the people who love it.

In GARLIC IS AS GOOD AS TEN MOTHERS, Les Blank directs the bulk of his attention to garlic as an edible, touching on its important role in the cuisines of Italy, Spain, China, and the African-American South. (But not everywhere. "My mom used to hate it," confesses one young woman. "Her parents came from Ireland and they didn't touch the stuff.") Chefs and diners of every stripe are shown singing garlic's praises, though one qualifies her enthusiasm by saying "I like it if I don't know it's in there." Foo...