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Everything you need to know to make the most of Gilroy’s stinkin’ rose extravaganza

Gilroy Garlic Festival-goers have one more thing to be happy about besides Pepper Steak Sandwiches, garlic-scented bubbles or a 250-foot-long zip line: Afternoon temperatures this weekend should be about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin with the National Weather Service in Monterey.

Classic cars and hot rod engines roared throughout downtown Gilroy Saturday afternoon as the 11th annual Garlic City Fun Run Car Show came cruising through town.

Whoever says South County and San Benito have slim food pickings can stick to frozen dinners from Trader Joe's.

Whoever says South County and San Benito have slim food pickings can stick to frozen dinners from Trader Joe's.

It’s summer and it’s a great time to get eggplant at farmers markets or local grocery stores. Even though I don’t always like eggplant because of the super soft texture it gets when it is cooked too long, I decided to try a recipe my fiancé picked out of one of our cookbooks a few weeks ago. The recipe called for cooking the eggplant in two ways – sautéing chopped up bits of some of it with a flavorful filling mixture of ground beef, raisins, pine nuts and more, as well as roasting some whole eggplants which are then topped with the filling.

Spring is the perfect time to buy asparagus and it always seems to be better when it is fresh from a farmers market. In recent weeks, the Downtown Hollister Farmers market has had plenty of bundles of asparagus from which to choose. Though it taste the same, I like to mix it up between thicker stalks and thinner stalks depending on the type of dish I am cooking. For the Asparagus and parmesan cheese tart, I recommend thinner stalks since the method of sautéing the asparagus and then baking it will allow the stalks to cook more quickly. The small stalk also makes it easier to bite through.

To watch the new Well-Seasoned Cuisine video segment, go here.

To watch the new Well-Seasoned Cuisine video segment, go here.

Gilroy’s Garlic Festival was alive and kicking well before Facebook co-creator Mark Zuckerberg could tie his shoes, but folks spearheading South County’s hallowed stinkin’ rose extraveganza know how to flex their social networking muscles.