"'Fight Mouthwash--Eat Garlic' is the call-to-arms of Blank's...exploration of alternative American lifestyles: The 'remedy' is the enemy; it can only be combatted by embracing the naturalness of the original cause of stuffy dismay. And why garlic - quite possibly the greatest culinary aid and natural cure-all known to mankind - should have gotten so much bad press in the first place is the curious (and distinctly political) paradox that Blank explores.... And it's absolutely obsessed in its obsession with the growing and harvesting of garlic and the preparation, cooking and eating of garlic dishes - everything from whole suckling pigs to garlic soup. The garlic cooking of many cultures - the Chinese, the Mexicans, the Spanish, the French, the Cajuns, the Italians - is explored. As in all of Blank's films, the people interviewed are beautiful, natural and full of zest for life. These garlic-lovers take great pride in their own identity, glorifying it in song and dance and turning it into constant celebration." --Rob Baker, The Soho Weekly News