This weekend we went to The Gilroy Garlic Festival. If you are a Garlic lover it was
the place to be. The moment you entered Gilroy the entire town smelled so delicious! It
was very warm out and there were tons of people so I only took limited pics. You know
us bloggers could stand in one spot and take a hundred pics. Ha. So much wonderful
food, garlic ice cream, garlic bread, garlic chocolate, and an entire block that was
called Gourmet Alley. They were also filming a Garlic Cook Off! YUM.
What fun! I have a Gilroy Garlic Festival cookbook from 1997 and have always wanted to go. Garlic ice cream though? Garlic chocolate? Hmmmmm. Have you tried them?
ReplyDeleteA garlic festival? Seriously? I'm so jelly!!
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to go to that festival! Maybe next year.
ReplyDeleteLovveee garlic! The face painting looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe Gilroy Garlic Festival is on my bucket list. I have wanted to go for years.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! I don't know that I'd be game enough for garlic ice cream, but the rest of it sounds wonderful! Your daughter looks adorable! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteawwwwww!!!!!!!!! frame that! stat! =)
ReplyDeleteI SO would have joined you at that festival! garlic is my bff
I LOVE garlic!!!!! Yum. Yum. Yum. I would have been in heaven
ReplyDeleteI really wanted to go! Thanks for the great pictures. What was your favorite food?
ReplyDeleteciao
That is awesome! An entire festival devoted to garlic! Count me in :)
ReplyDeleteYUM! I can only imagine how wonderful it smelled! Glad you had a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun, I love garlic in everything! That sure is a cute angel face all painted..little angel! :D
ReplyDeleteLove going to Gilroy and yes, the whole town does smell like garlic! LOL!! Did you get over to SC for a bit too? Maybe next time we can meet up! Hugs, Courtney
ReplyDeleteI think it would be a wonderful way to spend the day at Garlic Festival. The smells and the dishes being prepared with all the garlic would be divine.
ReplyDeleteCheers.
Velva
I was there too! I wish I had run into you!
ReplyDeletemmm how good is garlic?! sounds like fun. okay so i made your watermelon cuc salad- delish- i love the combo of flavors and the crunch of the cashews. i also made the tomato pie for dinner, it was heaven!! i love savory pies, so amazing. and tonight i'm making your pina colada fruit dip for a cook out tomorrow night up the canyon. phew, lots of baking and making! thanks for the great recipes!
ReplyDeleteI love ALL things garlic-looks like fun to me!!
ReplyDeleteI have read about this before. Sounds like a great place to be! We just harvested our 5 garlic plants. It was out first attempt and we are looking forward to trying them.
ReplyDeleteI love when i drive through Gilroy and get that first smell of all that garlic! i've never been to a festival. but man it looks deliciously fun.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are so adventurous! How fun!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I have always wanted to get to the Gilroy Garlic Festival and just haven't done it yet. Being that we have a lot of Italian and Greek in our family, we love our garlic :)
ReplyDeleteThere really aren't too many things better than garlic! YUMMO! Looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm a garlic fiend one of my life goals is to go to the Gilroy Festival!! I dream big obviously :)
ReplyDeleteA whole festival dedicated to garlic?! I am there! I love all your photos Val!
ReplyDeleteLove me some garlic! Looks like a fun day...we didn't make it up there this year. Hope it wasn't too hot!
ReplyDeleteoh gosh i LOVEEEEEE garlic!!! I can't even imagine how heavenly the festival must have been!! :D
ReplyDeleteBelly B :)
How fun! I love me some Garlic. I could seriously put Garlic on everything... even my cereal... Okay maybe not my cereal but .... everything else ha! Happy Monday :)
ReplyDeleteSounds sooo yummy, although I have never heard of a garlic festival. I love to cook with garlic. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI remember driving through Gilroy and just being amazed by the smell of garlic in the air. What a kick it must be to live there! Great photos.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me laugh because it reminds me of that commercial where the husband and wife are eating garlic ice cream. You didn't happen to try some did you? LOL! Your daughter is precious and it looks like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI'M OBSESSED with garlic! now im not sure i would like garlic ice cream, but I would give it a try. Breath would probably be horrible though hahha
ReplyDeleteLots of love
simplycamylla.blogspot.com
i'm italian and used to live in california so my parents always used to take me to that festival. I miss cali.
ReplyDeletexoxo, chrissy
The Perfect Palette
Sounds fun! I love garlic but I think I'd have to draw the line at garlic ice cream.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely jumping on the bandwagon and going with I LOVE GARLIC! I think I might be a little iffy about the garlic ice cream and maaaaaybe the chocolate...but hey, when else can you try that stuff, right? (c:
ReplyDeleteWe have a garlic festive! So much fun
ReplyDeleteHave you been to the Srinking Rose? You'd love it. That's supposed to be Stinking...stupid auto correct
ReplyDeleteHi Val!
ReplyDeleteI came here today for some lunch inspiration. When nothing sounds good, I come here and always find something yummy to make. I'm pregnant and nothing sounds really good lately, I need some ideas. Thank you for delivering them here! :-)
Your daughter is soooo cute! I'm happy you guys had a good time.
Wishing you a great week!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
So wonderful. I love food festivals!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm, garlic. I love it. We have a garlic fest here in NY-still haven't been!
ReplyDeleteSounds fun! Did you try the garlic ice cream? I know others commented on this, but I just had to ask too - I'm so curious!! :) Your daughter is preciuos as always - love the face paint!
ReplyDeleteawww Love that garlic gets entire celebrations devoted to it - well deserved!!
ReplyDeleteYum!! I love garlic!! I wish Gilroy wasn't so far away or I'd be there in a heart beat for the garlic fest!
ReplyDeleteBecca
http://blondeslogic.blogspot.com
I would've loved to check out this festival! Loveeeee me some garlic!
ReplyDeleteGosh that little girl of yours is gorg.
ReplyDeleteMust take after her momma :)
ps I could put garlic on EVERYTHING.
I was just reading about the garlic festival this weekend! So fun!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE garlic, what a fun festival! Your daughter is just precious, she is the spitting image of you ~ beautiful! XO ~LIZ
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to go! I need to make a point to get up there next year.
ReplyDeleteLook at that beautiful little butterfly! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for garlic! Looks like a fun time!
How fun! I heart garlic!
ReplyDeletesoo darling~ and of course i am a garlic fan--it's just so tasty! garlic breath? well thats a different story!
ReplyDeleteOh I love garlic ALOT!!! Unfortunately hubby doesn't like it so much after the fact. :) Your daughter looks adorable, I love face painting. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful day and I bet the whole area smelled amazing!!
ox
Garlic ice cream?!!? I just can't see how that would taste delightful??? But I guess you never know until you try it!
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