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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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HOLY MOLY - My Holy Garlic: Medicinal plant, spice, myth. The cultural history of a powerful bulb.

HOLY MOLY - My Holy Garlic: Medicinal plant, spice, myth. The cultural history of a powerful bulb.

Circe, Eureca

Paperback

General Alternative Health

ISBN10: 3819215549
ISBN13: 9783819215544
Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand
Published: Jul 21 2025
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Garlic - Medicinal plant, magic herb, and cultural treasure For thousands of years, garlic has been used as food, medicine, and a magical plant in cultures around the world. From the Egyptian pyramid builders to the soldiers of antiquity to modern cuisine, garlic has always enjoyed a reputation for strengthening the body and protecting against disease. Over the course of history, it became known as Russian penicillin on battlefields, served as a magical plant to ward off evil spirits, and finally established itself in modern phytotherapy as a recognized medicinal plant. But garlic is much more than just a simple natural remedy. It is a cultural symbol, an ingredient that creates identity and can transcend boundaries. Its distinctive smell symbolizes closeness and distance: as a spice, it creates culinary connections, but can also draw social boundaries. HOLY MOLY - My Holy Garlic invites you on an exciting journey through botany, medicine, mythology, sociology, and culinary diversity - and makes you want to enjoy the bulb in a new way and discover how this seemingly simple plant found its way from the field to the world of pop culture and gourmet cuisine.

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