Documentary

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Name: Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Director: Les Blank
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1980-02-18
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Alice Waters, Werner Herzog, Harrod Blank, Michael Goodwin, Christopher Pray

7.5(26) 2/18/1980 0h 51m

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A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Part of the Les Blank: Always for Pleasure →

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Alice Waters

Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Werner Herzog

Self - Film Director: Nosferatu

Harrod Blank

Self - Youth Saved From Dysentery

Michael Goodwin

Self - Interviewer, Recordist, Writer, Garlic Peeler

Christopher Pray

Narrator (voice)

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