Garlic

Practicing my food photography.

Garlic was my choice this time. I add garlic to so many foods, and lots of it. Even now my hands smell of garlic as I just put a pan on stove to simmer, making pasta sauce.

Onions I’ve done several times so, this is a slight change.

“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.”

Those are famous words from the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, often called the father of Western medicine.

He prescribed garlic to treat a variety of medical conditions — and modern science has confirmed many of these beneficial health effects.

Fast facts on garlic

In many countries, garlic has been used medicinally for centuries.

Garlic may have a range of health benefits, both raw and cooked.

It may have significant antibiotic properties.