Don Christopher, California garlic king who forever changed our palates, dies at 88
Briefly

Drivers would catch a whiff of Don Christopher's success miles before they reached Gilroy, the distinctive odor of garlic rolling in through the windows and vents, beckoning motorists straight down Route 101 and into town.The undisputed king of garlic, Christopher started out with a modest, 10-acre plot in the Bay Area town at a time when only a few thousands acres in the entire state were devoted to garlic; nearly all of the bulbs eventually dehydrated.
Read at Los Angeles Times
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