Snails, served in a green garlic and herb sauce, looked odd and had little taste.

He and his wife, Kristie, built the farm's reputation on figs and green garlic.

I don't think Ms. Waters needs to lose sleep over the availability of green garlic.

But in general, green and vinegary garlic are called Laba garlic.

Another dish that got the repeat order treatment was lamb with green garlic.

Marinated lamb was sauteed with straw mushrooms, bamboo shoots, snow pea pods and green garlic.

Right now, he has only green garlic but you can eat it all.

It was paired with yummy green garlic mashed potatoes, a flavor-packed olive relish and smoky grilled baby artichokes.

Immature garlic is sometimes pulled, rather like a scallion, and sold as "green garlic".

One of the more intriguing cooked dishes is scrambled eggs with angulas, spaghetti-thin white eels, and green garlic shoots.