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By Suzanne Ashe, Extreme weather, relentless fruit flies and a bumper crop last year have contributed to a meager harvest this fall for Mother Lode olive oil producers. “The current olive crop (in California) is down 65 percent,” said Tuolumne County Agricultural Commissioner Paul Rainey. “This is the leanest crop this area has seen in […]

By Chris Sherman, Times photo: Bob Croslin The classic martini is making a comeback, but its iconic accompaniment – the green olive – has gone gourmet. Which came first, the olive or the chocolate martini? Sure, it was the olive from those grand old trees, but the tale of the two is not so simple. […]

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Les Olives Barral, une PME de 25 salariés, s’est imposée sur son marché. La recette : un service qualité intransigeant, explique Anne-Lise Barral, en charge du développement de l’entreprise. Grâce au hard discount et aux marques de distributeurs, nous avons augmenté notre part de marché. En 1997, celle-ci était de 13 % en grandes et […]

By Reggie Aspiras, With olive oil, food tastes better, we all agree, but there are nagging questions like… Are there substitutes? And why is it so expensive? Insofar as substitutes are concerned, any oil can be used in its place but, by doing so, you rob the dish of the very essence that only good […]