Tag: garlic

A semi truck heading north on U.S. 101 overturned around 8:15 a.m. Thursday morning while making the turn onto the Highway 25 on-ramp in front of the Garlic Shoppe just south of Gilroy.

Another Garlic Festival—the 36th to be exact—is in the books. And boy, it was a hot one.

Santa Clara County's Gilroy may be the garlic capital of the world, but at least three consecutive years of crop reports reveal San Benito County produces more of the stinking rose.

Many regions of the country in the southern barbecue belt specialize in their own unique barbecue. Many of those different styles of barbecue can be found here in California. I appreciate these different styles, but it is high time we had our own unique barbecue. This week, I introduce a style of barbecue and sauce residents of the South Valley can finally call their own.

Who else is ready for the enormous annual gathering of people who love all things garlic? I know I sure am.

Last week we went on vacation. Yes, I know this isn’t earth-shattering news. But everywhere we went, people asked us where we were from. And when we answered “Gilroy,” we always got the same reaction:

Thanks to a Hollister farmers' market more than 20 years ago, Mansmith's BBQ expanded from a seasoning and catering business to a Friday Night BBQ gig in two towns. It all started when Mike Mansmith arrived at the market to give away chicken and tri-tip seasoned with his dad's famous spice recipe and the food was so good, the customers bought the rest of his samples.

The faces might be browner, the language might be different and the clothing is probably more colorful.

The Garlic Festival Association is once again putting out the call for local young woman who think they have what it takes to be the shining ambassador for Gilroy’s world-renown extravaganza dedicated to the stinking rose.