Giada and Garlic
October 8, 2010
So I caught 10 minutes of the cooking show, Giada at Home, the other day. She was cooking potato cakes with olive oil and garlic. For those of you who know my cooking style…olive oil (EVOO to be exact) and garlic seem to find their way into everything I cook…so this particular little segment caught my eye or rather my taste buds. I paused in my insane crazy day to watch and to my amazement, Giada was recommending “flavoring” the olive oil with garlic. Which means she puts a few chunks of garlic in the olive oil for a minute or two and then..now here this my fellow garlic lovers..she takes the garlic OUT and throws it away. Well I nearly had a heart attack. This was criminal. How could someone take the garlic out of the olive oil on purpose and actually throw it away. I had to rewind to make sure I saw it correctly. Turns out she was right and the potato cakes are amazing. Although, I could not actually throw my garlic away…I gave it to my dog to enjoy!
The OA Twist: Even with things we absolutely love and stand by as staples in our lives, there is always a new way to look at things and we should always try new things…you just never know what you will discover!
Here is the recipe for anyone interested…note the “remove garlic and discard” Ay Dios Mio!
