Garden Garlic and New Potato Soup

The cooking for this summer soup is really done in the garden and merely finished in the kitchen. Fresh heads of garlic are pulled after the heads have matured but before the leaves have had a chance to dry. New garlic occasionally can be found in supermarkets, particularly in May and June. The cloves of the newly formed heads are moist, milky white, and unblemished, and the flavor is delicate and sweet, a pure essence of garlic. New potatoes, with their papery skins and creamy flesh, have