 GILROY, Calif. (KCBS) -- Garlic lovers will want to make their way to Gilroy this weekend, where the annual Garlic Festival is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
The festival, which started in 1978 as a meeting of food writers is expected to draw more than 100,000 people this year.
”Between the shrimp and the calamari, we go through almost four tons of fish. That’s compared to the first year when we had 200 pounds and we ran out in the first day,” laughed Bob Filice, one of the original Pyro-Chefs, who work with flames to grill up their masterpieces.
Festival President Ed Struzik tells KCBS there is even garlic ice cream to sample, and its bark is worse than its bite.
”You know, you get it up to your nose and the smell hits you, but then you taste it and it kind of hangs on for a little bit and it’s okay,” said Struzik.
The festival runs through the weekend.
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KCBS' Mike Colgan reports
