The Stinking Rose is fabulous, but I must tell you garlic is a must everywhere here. LOL After all Gilroy the Galic Capitol is just south of here. I also grow hard neck garlic (different from the California garlic) as I find it's flavour even better. I can't cook without garlic. I grew up next to an Italian family (the Armaninis) and the mom, Annie taught me to make many wonderful dishes as a kid. Their house always had garlic fragrance wafting about! I grew up thinking everyone's house smelled that way. I latter found out Annie was actually from a village above Dubrovnik, Croatia, but the dad was Italian, and actually the Coastal areas of Croatia were part of the Venetian state for 1500 years. They have great Italian influences in the cuisine.