Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Genre: DocumentaryRuntime: 0h 51mRelease: 12th October, 1980

Directors: Les BlankLanguages: English, SpanishCountry: United States of America

Plot: 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.

Company: Flower Films

Cast:

Alice Waters

Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

Cast:

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)