Bulbs burn brighter

By John Newton
Updated March 6 2013 - 11:18am, first published February 26 2013 - 3:00am
Hooked … Gundy grower Patrice Newell is ''on a winner'' with purple glamour.
Hooked … Gundy grower Patrice Newell is ''on a winner'' with purple glamour.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN garlic in Australia was not in favour, when restaurants couldn't even use it. Xenos in Crows Nest opened in 1969, and back then ''if there was a whiff of garlic anywhere near the place'', founder Peter Xenos told us, ''they [patrons] wouldn't come in''. Then it began to creep into the Australian kitchen - we were advised to rub a clove around the salad bowl and then throw it away.

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