The Stinking Rose Restaurant Cookbook

Book excerpt: Follow your nose to the Stinking Rose, where you'll find hearty, California-Italian fare for the garlic worshipper in us all. Recipes like Garlic-Encrusted Baby Back Ribs, Savory Garlic Noodles, and even (brace yourself) Garlic Ice Cream will please die-hard garlic enthusiasts as well as those who prefer just a graceful hint of the bulb. Living up to the restaurant's motto, "We season our garlic with food," this unique cookbook will fill every kitchen with the tantalizing aroma of "the stinking rose."A pungent collection of the most popular dishes from the Stinking Rose, the garlic lover's mecca based in San Francisco and Beverly Hills.Includes 65 recipes plus 45 gorgeous photos of the food and the restaurants' whimsical d?©cor.The original Stinking Rose, in San Francisco's Italian neighborhood, North Beach, has become famous for serving more than 3,000 pounds of garlic each month.