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z 40 Cloves of Garlic Chicken With Carrots, Onions & Potatoes
Although chicken might seem like it wants to be the star of this dish, I can promise you it doesn’t stand a chance. Garlic has been a star crop in recent years—a rebel without a seed packet because its seeds are the cloves! It obeys a growing schedule opposite of most everything else due to its need for a deep cold rest. Planting thousands of cloves in early October produces beautiful garlic heads for us by the following July. We grow a hardneck variety named German White, which we originally sourced from the Maine Potato Lady, a wonderful garlic and potato purveyor in the far Northeast. Quality garlic is key to this recipe, so source some from your local farmers’ market rather than the supermarket.
PHOTO BY JAMES BARKER