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	Gilroy Garlic Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival is the largest food festival in the United States, held annually in Gilroy, California on the last full weekend in July at Christmas Hill Park.
		Her court is also chosen, for the purpose of representing Gilroy at various festivities and "having a garlicy good time with fellow lovers of the pungent bulb".
		The festival was founded in 1979 by Dr. Rudy Melone, and has been a fundraiser for local charities, raising a total of nearly seven million dollars for assorted causes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilroy_Garlic_Festival (318 words)

	Gilroy garlic festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Garlic, or the “stinking rose” as its often called is related to the lily family.
		Garlic is planted in the spring and ideally harvested in mid-summer, usually in July.
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival is held on the last weekend of July and has in recent years attracted growing numbers of garlic connoisseurs, tourists, or simply the curious who wander by to see what all the big stink is all about.
	va.essortment.com /gilroygarlicfe_rfkl.htm (919 words)

	Cat Bytes: Gilroy Garlic Festival
		My mom is Patti Hale and hasn't only worked at the largest garlic processing plant in the world for 21 years, but she and my step-dad have been involved with the garlic festival ever since it started in 1979.
		And this is the story she tells of the birth of the Garlic Festival.
		Garlic festival volunteers contributed more than $5 million to charity in the first 20 years of the garlic festival.
	www.csuchico.edu /jour/catbytes/s00/garlic/festival.html (853 words)

	California Countryside™ \| Communities \| Destination \| Gilroy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Afield, Gilroy has a total of 440 acres of parkland with parks ranging from 1/8 acre to 125 acres in size.
		Gilroy is also surrounded by reservoirs which provide a full complement of water-related sports and recreational activities.
		In addition to the culinary fireworks, a festival highlight is the crowning of the "Belle of the Bulb," the Miss Gilroy Garlic Queen.
	www.findyourselfincalifornia.com /communities/gilroy/gilroy-p2.html (389 words)

	Gilroy, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gilroy is well known for its garlic crop; the Gilroy Garlic Festival occurs annually, featuring various garlicky foods including garlic ice cream.
		Gilroy also is home to the Gilroy Premium Outlets, a gigantic shopping mall consisting entirely of outlet stores.
		Samuel Moore was the long time Gilroy postmaster, whose home was built in the 1870s at 7151 Church Street (Santa Clara County, 1979).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gilroy,_California (708 words)

	On Garlic and Gilroy / If you're a true geek, you'll go elsewhere for your fix
		The soft-necked garlic grows in large, uniform bulbs that are planted in the fall and harvested in late spring or early summer.
		Garlic geeks say that sort of subtlety is lost in Gilroy, which is part of the reason they now brush it off and head to places like Tulsa, Okla., home of the Garlic Is Life Festival and Symposium.
		Gilroy festival: The Gilroy Garlic Festival is July 27-29 at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy, from 10 a.m.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/07/08/CM140687.DTL&type=travel (1725 words)

	VIA Online: The Past and Present of Garlic
		An early American cookbook warned that "tho' used by the French" garlic was "better adapted to the uses of medicine than cookery." In the West, it found favor more readily, possibly because of the influx of Chinese in the middle of the 19th century, as well as the region's garlic-loving Hispanic and Italian communities.
		Garlic is also essential in Asian cuisines, where it is among the predominant elements in Korean cooking from hot pots to kimchi.
		Health claims for garlic are as ancient as the vegetable itself and include its use as a remedy for everything from earache, gout, and pinworms to snakebite and arterio- sclerosis.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/garlic02.asp (1186 words)

	Morgan Hill Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		GILROY - A case currently pending in the 9th District U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco could soon decide if the Gilroy Garlic Festival's policy restricting gang "colors" associated clothing is constitutional.
		But the festival is held at a public city park, and the Gilroy Police Department is used as one method of security at the event, leading to Hammock's claim against the city.
		Nicholls said the Garlic Festival's dress code policy has never changed and pointed out that the policy is posted at every entrance to the festival along with other rules.
	www.freelancenews.com /printer/article.asp?c=12838 (572 words)

	Gilroy Garlic Festival Accepting Recipes for 25th Anniversary Great Garlic Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The conclusive hit of The 2005 Festival was the debut of the new Gourmet Alley demo stage, a theater located adjacent to the renowned pyro chefs which hosted hourly demonstrations on the preparation of Alley cuisine.
		Harris, the 2005 Great Garlic Cook-Off Champion, competed with seven other finalists, strained from an initial menu of 474 entries from 42 states, in the July 30 Cook-Off finale and won a $1,000 cash prize and the ceremonial crown of garlic.
		Gilroy, California --- The 27th edition of the Gilroy Garlic Festival returns to Christmas Hill Park here July 29-31 providing a feast of the senses unique to American celebrations.
	www.specialtyfoodamerica.com /FESTIVALS/gilroy_garlic_festival.htm (1770 words)

	Gilroy Garlic Festival
		Recipes for the 2006 Great Gilroy Garlic Festival Recipe Contest and Cook-Off must be original and specify at least six cloves of fresh garlic, or the equivalent packaged form (3 teaspoons minced or chopped).
		All recipes submitted as entries become the property of the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association, Inc. By entering the contest, all participants consent to the commercial use of their name, picture, likeness and recipe for advertising and publicity purposes without further compensation.
		Finalists provide the ingredients necessary for their recipes (with the exception of garlic which the festival provides), as well as all required cooking utensils (stoves, sinks and refrigerators will be provided).
	www.gilroygarlicfestival.com /pages/cookoff-enter.html (598 words)

	California Heartland™ - Program 235
		Garlic is a part of the lily family.
		Eat fresh garlic and you will have garlic breath.
		We even found garlic wine, garlic beer, and garlic/chocolate ice cream.
	www.californiaheartland.org /archive/hl_235/gilroygarlic.htm (411 words)

	NPR's Weekend All Things Considered: Hard Times Ahead for Garlic Growers
		Gilroy, Calif. touts itself as the "Garlic Capital of America" and every year for the past 23 years it's hosted the Gilroy Garlic Festival, a three-day celebration of all things garlic.
		Revelers wearing hats made from braided garlic and wearing t-shirts that read "Reek Out and Touch Someone" or "May the Stink Be With You" wander through beer and wine pavilions, craft booths and food tents.
		But despite the abundance of the fragrant bulb at this wildly popular festival, some in the industry are warning that foreign imports could mean the end of garlic farming in Gilroy.
	www.npr.org /programs/watc/features/2001/garlic/010819.garlic.html (502 words)

	Metroactive Dining \| Gilroy Garlic Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Garlic, according to rogue filmmaker Les Blank, is as good as 10 mothers.
		For the past two decades the fun-loving folks down in Gilroy have thrown open their doors, their arms and their cooking pots to the entire world at that gala garlic gastromania known as the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
		Gilroy is just down the highway, but think about going early; parking can be a challenge starting at noon.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/07.22.99/gilroygarlic-9929.html (632 words)

	Gilroy Garlic Festival
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival is established to provide benefits to local worthy charities and non-profit groups by promoting the community of Gilroy through a quality celebration of Garlic.
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is a non-profit corporation.
		From 1979 through 2005 the success of the annual Festival has enabled the Association to award over $7.2 million to these groups, not to mention the other charities which generated funds through booths operated at the three-day event.
	www.gilroygarlicfestival.com (234 words)

	American Profile: 7/3/2005 - 7/9/2005: Gilroy's Great Garlic Gathering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Each July, 120,000 people attend the three-day Gilroy Garlic Festival, which features a cooking contest, entertainment and 65 food booths that tempt the palate with garlic fries, garlic ice cream, garlic kettle corn, deep-fried garlic pickles and garlic chocolate.
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival Cook-Off is one of the event’s highlights, where eight cooks work on stage for up to three hours to create their favorite garlic dishes.
		Although today less than 1 percent of the state’s garlic crop is grown in Gilroy, Gilroy Foods and Christopher Ranch are among the nation’s largest processors and shippers of garlic.
	www.americanprofile.com /issues/20050703/20050703_4673.asp (741 words)

	U-Daily Bulletin - LIVING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Gilroy's Garlic Festival is unique among food festivals in that its charity-equity program allows community groups to volunteer their time hosting, which in turn helps them raise funds.
		For those planning to spend the weekend in Gilroy and planning to spend some time away from the Garlic Festival, the choices are abundant.
		Gilroy might not be the biggest city in California, nor its most historic.
	u.dailybulletin.com /Stories/0,1413,212~23480~2986513,00.html (1139 words)

	Pilot Guides.com: Wake up and smell the stinking rose: Gilroy Garlic Festival
		As well as a whole range of garlic related attractions and novelty goods for sale, there’s entertainment and music throughout the day, guaranteed to make the Gilroy Garlic Festival an event to be remembered in the minds and stomachs of the whole family.
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival owes its legacy to just one man’s passion of garlic, and his faith in the flourishing garlic industry in Gilroy.
		He disputed Arleux’s claim that it was the ‘Garlic Capital’ because it drew 80,000 people to sample the soup at an annual event, and decided it was time that Gilroy staked its claim to the title.
	www.pilotguides.com /destination_guide/north_america/california/gilroy_garlic_festival.php (471 words)

	Cooking Contest News -- 03/12/01 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is now accepting entries for this year's contest and cook-off.
		Eight finalists are selected by a panel of food professionals and are invited to travel to Gilroy at the Garlic Festival's expense for the cook-off.
		Proceeds from the Gilroy Garlic Festival are distributed to non-profit organizations in the greater Gilroy community.
	www.recipecontests.com /news/newsarchive/newsindex03_12_01.html (2512 words)

	Xpress Online
		Melone decided Gilroy was the garlic capital of the world and set out to prove it.
		He showed the members how the garlic industry was having a $35 million to $40 million impact on the community at the time.
		The finalists come to Gilroy to prepare their recipes on the Saturday of the festival in front of the public; then the celebrity judges pick their three favorites.
	www.journalism.sfsu.edu /Xpress/archive/spring2000/travel/garlic.html (503 words)

	The Gilroy garlic festival with bluegrass festivals and oregon shakespeare festival
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	gilroy-garlic-festival.lojka.com (617 words)

	Garlic Festival
		Gilroy celebrated it's 2002 Garlic Festival on the weekend of July 26th.
		We joined Maggie and her son Joe and went to see what this year's garlic festival had to offer.
		For a little more information about Gilroy's Garlic Festival, go the Garlic Festival homepage.
	schildfamily.org /photographs/garlic_festival.htm (157 words)

	GARLIC GODDESSES IN TWO GARLIC CAPITALS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival was born at a Gilroy Rotary Club garlic luncheon which Don Christopher hosted in 1978.
		Gilroy Garlic Festival Association, Inc. (http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/index2.html) says "Gilroy, California has been hosting the world's best food festival for 23 years.
		The rivalry is one-sided and not condoned by the Gilroy Garlic Festival."
	www.foodiesite.com /articles/2002-07/garlic.jsp (1807 words)

	The Wave Magazine - The Bay Area's Best Entertainment Magazine... Ever.
		Convinced that the garlic industry of Gilroy was superior in every way, Melone organized a luncheon for garlic growers where he outlined his vision of a festival that would put Gilroy on the map.
		If you skipped Miss Gilroy Garlic 2003 Queen Alika’s moving garlic speech, then you truly missed one of the greatest moments in the history of public oration.
		At the Gilroy Garlic Festival, the answer is “everything.” Here’s a look at some of the menu items that will be available for sampling in the famous “Gourmet Alley” section of the faire.
	www.thewavemag.com /pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=24914 (601 words)

	Gilroy Garlic Festival Celebrates Anniversary - West Coast Travel
		Held the last full weekend in July, the Gilroy Garlic Festival is one of American’s premier food festivals.
		Because the festival is such a big draw, avoid the crowds by arriving early.
		General admission to the Gilroy Garlic Festival is $10 per person, seniors over 60 and children 6-12 are $5, under 6 are free.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art11375.asp (415 words)

	'Garlic Lovers' Cookbook' celebrates harvest - PittsburghLIVE.com
		The Gilroy Garlic Festival marks the end of the garlic harvest in one of the world's most prolific garlic-producing towns.
		The festival always is held the last full weekend in July and draws crowds of 125,000 people.
		This garlic-packed recipe for Pasta con Pesto Alla Melone is courtesy of Rudy Melone, chairman and founder of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, who died in 1998.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_147462.html (473 words)

	The Dispatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Val Filice the Godfather of the Garlic Festival lights the fire to begin the cooking at Gourmet Alley in Gilroy Ca on July 25th, 2003.
		The new Gilroy flag was shown first at the Galric Festival on July 25th, 2003.
		All the way from Japan the Japanesse Garlic Queen wave to local garlic fans during the Garlic Festival kickoff on JUly 25th 2003 in Gilroy Ca.
	www.gilroydispatch.com /photo/photoview.asp?p=1138 (1977 words)

	Garlic! Garlic! Garlic! - Paintings by artist Jean Hanamoto
		I've painted a garlic a year since these shows started in 1991 and humor is a big part of my annual quest for subject matter.
		The garlic is worked into the design of the window.
		Garlic has always been known for it's medicinal and magical properties.
	www.garlic.com /~artworks/ArtNGarlic/GarlicGarlicGarlic!.html (408 words)

	ABC News: Hot Times at the Garlic Festival
		More than 125,000 garlic lovers are headed to California for the Gilroy Garlic Festival this weekend.
		The town of Gilroy calls itself "The Garlic Capital of the World," and the two tons of garlic shipped out for the festival keep local farmers happy.
		At this year's festivities, Aisha Zasa — the freshly crowned Miss Gilroy Garlic 2005 — reigns, as 42 musical acts sauté the crowds from three stages with rock, country, Zydeco and R&B music.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=1021094&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (459 words)

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