Mia Alluim

Any guy worth his garlic salt should be able to make at least one good thing in the kitchen and mine is garlic cheese bread, the king of all pungent breads. The best you can buy (they ship it all over the globe) comes from the "Smoke House" steakhouse restaurant (What's floating around the net claiming to be the recipe from the restaurant is fake). The "Stinking Rose" is a garlic-centered restaurant that has a garlicky oil concoction on every table you smear on the warm bread they bring to your table (you can smell the stuff 3 blocks from the place) that can kick the butt of wasabi in strength. I'm waiting for garlic to take the place of bacon fervor in the hearts of America like it did in mine...but I'm not holding my breath.

Ingredients:
1 loaf French bread
1/2 cup butter, room temp
1 cup shredded aged white cheddar or a strong, good-quality cheese (I use a double-cream feta I purchase at a local Armenian store).
1/2 cup shredded Asiago cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 green onions -- chopped
1/4 cup shallots -- chopped
1 head garlic -- pureed
Cheese powder packet from a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.

Directions:
Split the bread loaf into halves. Mix butter, cheeses, mayonnaise, green onions, shallots, garlic, cheese powder, and in a bowl, mix it well. Spread the cut side of the bread with the spread. Bake at 350 degrees (375 degrees if you live with the Inuit) for 7 minutes, then place under the broiler until nice and toasty.