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It's in everything- but we never talk about it. Garlic is the unsung hero in cuisine; used in everything from Thai Som Tam to Italian Marinara to Lebanese Hummus. But it's never the star of the show. There might not be another ingredient so ubiquitous across so many different regions and cultures; and how garlic spread is a fascinating story of medicine, mythology, trade, and some epic characters. And vampires.

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0:00 - Intro
1:05 - The Hidden Flavor
5:00 - Allium
8:05 - First Uses
10:44 - An Uzbek Lunch
14:48 - Garlic Begins to Spread
18:18 - Medicine
20:27 - Greece and Rome
23:25 - Opa
26:49 - The Religious Divide
30:24 - Petar Blagojevic
32:06 - Vampires and Garlic
34:34 - A Romanian Feast
42:50 - Wild Garlic and Leeks
44:55 - The Arab Compromise
47:08 - Spain, Portugal, and Sicily
49:22 - The Maritime Breakthrough
52:15 - Garlic Perfection
1:01:14 - East Asia and Gilroy California
1:07:08 - Garlic as a Life Saver
1:11:15 - Everywhere
1:13:32 - Sichuan Food and Credits

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