A documentary on the history of garlic. Blank interviews chefs, garlic lovers, and historians about the their love of the 'stinking rose.'Often referred to as a stinking rose, garlic, in its culinary uses, generally evokes a love it or hate it response. Quite often, these responses are on cultural lines, where old world cultures have generally revered it in their cooking, while new world cultures have not. A renaissance of sorts is taking place in the use of garlic in the United States, with more and more immigrants bringing their use of the spice to the country, with more people desiring more spice in their food, with a desire to get back to the land and with the production of plant a large part of the Central California landscape. Many chefs are presented preparing dishes prominently featuring the spice. On the bad side, the association of garlic to bad breath is discussed. On the other side, its purported health benefits are also discussed. Other topics presented include its association to vampirism, and speculation of how people will want their garlic to be presented to them in the future.
丈夫的突然离去让罗贝塔(梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰)陷入了深深的痛苦之中,和大多数的主妇一样,罗贝塔的整个世界就是丈夫和家庭,如今这两样东西都已经崩塌碎裂,这让年纪已经不小的罗贝塔该如何自处?悲伤归悲伤,可是日子还是要过下去,带着两个孩子,罗贝塔将家搬到了纽约东哈林区,在那里,罗贝塔重新振作开始了小提琴教师的全新生活。罗贝塔深信,艺术能够陶冶人的情操,即使是从未经受过艺术熏陶的孩子,也一定会对优美的小提琴声产生共鸣。可是罗贝塔所任教的学校的领导却不这么认为,他们不断缩减着罗贝塔的教育经费,但这并没能动摇罗贝塔的决心。