

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Visit website7.5/10 • 21
1980-10-12 • 0h 51m
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.
- Directors
- Les Blank
- Editors
- Maureen Gosling

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Visit website1980-10-12 • 0h 51m
7.5/10 • 21
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.
- Directors
- Les Blank
- Editors
- Maureen Gosling
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsAlice 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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