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Ramping Up for National Garlic Day: The Bloggers & The Scoop #4theLoveofGarlic #Sponsor

I love garlic. No two ways about it. If a recipe calls for one clove of garlic, I scoff and add in - a bare minimum of - two more cloves for good measure! 

The Italians have a saying: chi usa l'aglio non fa mai sbaglio. The gist of it is this: using garlic is never wrong. Agreed. While I am not Italian, I learned to cook in Italy, so my cooking sensibilities hail from there.


So, when Dreamfarm offered their new Garject to a group of bloggers to review*, I decided to make it a party. I rallied six bloggers. And for six days, leading up to National Garlic Day which is Wednesday, April 19th, we'll be sharing garlic creations, reviewing the Garject, and hosting a giveaway. Six of our lucky readers will win their own Garject.

Melissa's Produce is also sponsoring #4theLoveofGarlic and shipped all the bloggers a huge box of garlic, including elephant garlic and black garlic, to use in their recipes.

The Bloggers 
listed alphabetically
Culinary Adventures with Camilla

The Scoop
Here's the schedule for the posts...if you're a garlic fan, you won't want to miss any of these recipes. Stay tuned! Oh, and several of us will be posting bonus recipes, so you'll have more than enough inspiration for those garlic cloves.

April 14: Café Terra
April 16: Kahakai Kitchen
April 19: event round-up with Culinary Adventures with Camilla

The Giveaway
For more information about the giveaway, stay tuned. Check back on April 12th for how you can win a Garject for yourself!

You can find Dreamfarm: on the web, on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Pinterest.

You can find Melissa's: on the web, on Facebook, on Twitter, on Pinterest, and on Instagram

*Disclosure: Bloggers received complimentary items from Dreamfarm for the purpose of review and complimentary ingredients from Melissa's Produce for the purpose of recipe development. Comments are 100% accurate and 100% our own. We have received no additional compensation for these posts.

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