Master chopping this tiny ingredient. For such a common ingredient, there is a lot of mystery around the right way to peel and chop garlic. Should you roll it in a rubber tube? Smash it in an ...

Monica Petrucci is an experienced food writer and editor based in Boston. She specializes in testing and writing about kitchen products. Previously, she was the Kitchen & Cooking Editor at Reviewed.

The same garlic clove can be sweet and subtle or sharp and intense. It all comes down to how you cut it.