The Five Basic Kinds of Garlic Divide Into More Than 200 Varieties
By Derrick Schneider
MOST NORTH AMERICANS KNOW only the kind of garlic found in supermarkets, imported from China and other countries where cheap labor keeps prices down, and grown from rugged varieties chosen for durability and not flavor. Better-tasting softnecks exist, but the best garlic comes from hardneck varieties that in North America are avai…