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Garlic Fest, how do we love thee? Let me count the ways.

More than 4,000 volunteers representing local nonprofits work behind the scenes at the three-day festival, and are rewarded by the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association for their efforts. Over the festival's 35 years, more than $8 million has been donated to local nonprofits. Here is a look at a few the people ensuring the garlicky extravaganza runs smoothly this year.

The 35th anniversary of the Gilroy Garlic Festival marks the 15th year of existence for “The Burning Bulb of Gilroy” – the event’s iconic, 8-foot-tall garlic bulb mascot.

The Gilroy Garlic Festival is going high tech this year. A new smart phone app has been created for attendees that will display a live map of their location in Christmas Hill Park.  

Majid Bahriny, owner of Mama Mia's Ristorante Italiano in Gilroy and Morgan Hill, wanted to do something special for the 35th anniversary of the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Say hello to the newest Herbie the bobblehead, the first after a five-year hiatus and the eighth since the festival began producing Herbie dolls in 2002. The newest model sports a raspberry-colored Hawaiian shirt with small white garlic cloves on it, khaki shorts and blue sandals. The Herbie doll costs $20 and can be purchased at the festival’s mercantile, which will have two locations: One on the ranch side, and one on the park side of Christmas Hill Park.

Bay Area teens, rejoice! The Gilroy Garlic Festival's Teen Zone is back for it's second year due to popular demand.

The five judges for 2013's Gilroy Garlic Festival's “Great Garlic Cook-off” competition have been announced. Here's who they are and the knowledge they're bringing.

Oink Oink!

Dennis Harrigan thought he finally arrived - with more than 100 spectators intently watching as he began to prepare his version of Chicken Étoufée on the demonstration stage in the early '90s of the Gilroy Garlic Festival.