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Everything you need to know to make the most of Gilroy’s stinkin’ rose extravaganza

Gilroy Garlic Festival-goers have one more thing to be happy about besides Pepper Steak Sandwiches, garlic-scented bubbles or a 250-foot-long zip line: Afternoon temperatures this weekend should be about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin with the National Weather Service in Monterey.

In light of the fast-approaching Gilroy Garlic Festival July 27, 28 and 29 in Christmas Hill Park, the Gilroy Rotary Club would like to extend a friendly reminder about their bone marrow donor registry booth that will be set up next to the Rotary's wine tasting pavilion on the ranch side of Christmas Hill Park. 

Classic cars and hot rod engines roared throughout downtown Gilroy Saturday afternoon as the 11th annual Garlic City Fun Run Car Show came cruising through town.

In preparing for more than 100,000 visitors to descend on the Garlic Capital for three days of eating, dancing and wearing funny garlic hats, the minutiae associated with executing an event of this magnitude is a story unto itself.

The same creative character partially responsible for the mystical-looking 48-by-25-foot garlic mural inscribed on the back cement wall of the 9Lives Club in downtown Gilroy is at it again – only this time he’s got a posse.

With past champions touting concoctions such as Stacked Steak Napoleon on Garlic Paper with Asparagus, Radicchio, Shiitakes and Stilton; Warm Weather Watermelon Crabmeat Kissed South Seas Soup; or Spicy Garlic Butter Cookies with Garlic Goat Cheese and Honey; the Great Garlic Festival Recipe Contest and Cook-Off is no stranger to edgy ingredient mash-ups.

Hundreds of thousands of people go crazy for Gilroy's famed culinary event centered around a spicy little clove – and celebrity TV chef Rachael Ray is no exception. 

Holler, teens from around the Bay Area: You might not be jazzed about road-tripping to Gilroy with your parents, but the Garlic Festival just got that much cooler.

Eight made the cut. One will win the crown. Meet your 2012 Gilroy Garlic Queen contestants – in no particular order.