Protip: if you don't peel the garlic cloves, you can just put them straight into the garlic press, squeeze out the good stuff, and then when you open the press

Protip: if you don't peel the garlic cloves, you can just put them straight into the garlic press, squeeze out the good stuff, and then when you open the press and remove the peel, 99% of the debris comes out with it. Then you can just briefly rinse the press under hot water, and it's clean and can go back in the drawer. I picked this up from some cooking show (maybe Heston Blumenthal?) and after adopting it, adding two cloves of garlic to a dish is now a 45-second operation including cleanup.