by Roslyn Torella
This month's La Gazzetta focuses on gardening and the first thing that comes to mind when I think back to my family's wonderful vegetable garden is garlic––that amazing aromatic herb. We can trace the use of garlic by humans to over 7,000 years ago in Asia, where garlic grew naturally.
It has been used for thousands of years, not just as an ingredient to add flavor to a dish but also for medicinal purposes. Numerous scientific studies have proven what our grandparents always knew; that garlic can help fight colds, cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, and can be used to deworm the family dog. Military doctors used garlic during WWI and WWII to help fight gangrene.
