ORANGE — Next year’s North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival will have not one, but two reigning champions. Roberto Melendez, of Malden, won the raw garlic-eating contest with a record 56 cloves, while chef Nyanyika Banda bested childhood friend Elijah Lagreze in the festival’s first-ever Stinkin’ Chef Competition. The two were given “garlic bucks” to … Continue reading 27th annual North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival in the books