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Détournement de la tapenade qui va quitter les toasts de l’apéritif pour envelopper un lapin tendre et parfumer ainsi délicatement sa chair.

A boutique olive oil is the latest New Zealand product to be singled out in Britain as environmentally unfriendly because of the so-called food miles, or amount of fuel it takes to get it to market.
Hawke’s Bay olive producers The Village Press is listed today in Britain’s Guardian newspaper as one of ten eco-crimes because [...]

Les olives peuvent être consommées à l’apéritif, utilisées en guise d’assaisonnement ou de marinade ou encore intégrées à des recettes diverses. Reste que la majeure partie de la récolte est destinée à la fabrication d’huile d’olive.
D’une manière générale, l’huile d’olive convient pour tous les types d’utilisations culinaires : assaisonnement, cuisson, fritures plates et profondes.
L’huile d’olive [...]

By Lydia Jensen,
Apart from producing wines, farms also produce limited amounts of olive oil and olive products for their own consumption and for sale only at their own shops. Olives products from these farms are not marketed globally. I found this an interesting and educational diversion.
Our guide told us that once the olives reach a [...]

Par Suzanne BAAKLINI,
« Couleur jaune avec reflet vert, nez intense et net, type végétal marqué, caractère dynamique et bon équilibre… » C’est par de pareilles remarques qui rappellent celles réservées à la description des vins que des experts français, ayant participé à une dégustation aveugle d’huiles d’olives libanaises et françaises, ont décrit l’huile de Hasbaya.
Celle-ci [...]

By Riccarda Burley,
BORDER olive oil producer Gooramadda Olives has won one of the most coveted industry awards of the year, the Carol L’Heureux Award for Best Oil, at the 10th National Australian Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards.
Proprietors Kathy and Jos Weemaes, who have been producing oil since 2001, also took out the first prize for [...]

Fisher nuts has rolled out a line of seven new snack mixes featuring nuts mixed with everything from wasabi peas to banana chips. We tried the Martini Mix, which throws dried, sliced green olives in with a mixture of cashews, walnuts, almonds and peanuts.
The mix would make a fun snack option for cocktail parties. The [...]

Cook Well, Eat Well
By Dana Carpender,
It’s no secret that I’m unimpressed by low-fat diets. I don’t think they do a dang thing to improve health. Worse, they limit or rule out nutritious foods that happen to be high in fat.
Among them is one of mankind’s oldest and greatest boons: the olive, both as food and [...]

“A baked appetizer made of an olive wrapped in a scrumptious cheese mixture. It is an easy appetizer and always a favorite.”
Original recipe yield: 7 servings
PREP TIME 10 Min
COOK TIME 15 Min
READY IN 25 Min

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by Bernard Busutill,
The olive oil sector is slowly increasing its popularity with Maltese farmers. According to the Parliamentary Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries, currently there are four officially recognised oil-producing firms, one of which is in Gozo. In 2004, Malta produced 10 tonnes of olive oil, while the production for 2005 was 22 tonnes, four [...]

Australian ingenuity means olive scraps usually thrown out after oil-making could soon be saved and bottled as a therapeutic remedy for heart patients.
Scientists at Charles Sturt University and the Heart Research Institute have discovered that the dregs of olive oil have anti-inflammatory benefits.
The pulp contains over 100 antioxidants, several of which they believe could be [...]

“A fresh and simple way to spruce up the avocado.”
Original recipe yield: 4 servings
PREP TIME 15 Min
READY IN 1 Hr
INGREDIENTS
* 2 tablespoons capers
* 1 clove garlic, minced
* 2 small limes, juiced
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
* 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
* [...]

Nine payments worth €uros 2billion to olive oil producers in Spain, Greece and Italy last year were either inflated or wrong, according to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors, the EU spending watchdog.
The auditors discovered two-thirds of the 95 EU-financed regional projects they examined contained “material errors”. These ranged from lack of [...]

By Linda Masters,
A very interesting press release arrived this week about olive oil from Spain.
Although I cook with olive oil, I must admit I don’t know all there is to know about olive oil and its orgins.
Here are some interesting facts:

By Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic,
Olive oil isn’t a no-brainer.
Flavors change a great deal from one region to the next, with Spain being the world’s largest producer, which makes a big difference in the way your dishes taste. Keep the following shopping tips in mind when in a store, and you’ll have your guests coming [...]

Nouveauté de cette année, «La Cuisine du SIAL» un espace réservé aux 19 000 visiteurs professionnels, est l’opportunité de découvrir le contenu des assiettes de demain et une vitrine géante pour dénicher les dernières nouveautés des quatre coins du monde.
Pour le côté pratique, les professionnels apprécieront le «Coeur d’olive», une huile d’olive à tartiner, substitut [...]

By Martin Patience,
Before dawn, Kanaan al-Jamal, 38, hauls his two young children from their beds and along with his wife they set off to tend the olive groves close to their home.
In olive groves dotted across the rolling West Bank, Palestinian farmers are preparing for the harvest: pruning the trees, collecting spoilt olives, and preparing [...]

New reservoir will flood Yolo orchard
By Josh Fernandez,
If the water district has its way, it could mean the last harvest for Yolo County’s, award-winning olive oil manufacturer.
Two friends, Laurie Schuler-Flynn and Amy DelBondio, are in their second year of harvesting olives for Hillstone Olive Oil, a distinguished brand that won a gold medal at the [...]

If you own an olive tree and do not want to go through the complicated process of leaching olives with chemicals, follow one of these ancient Greek methods to get rid of the bitterness.
SALTING METHOD:
Place washed olives in a wicker basket or a plastic container with holes.
Cover with medium-coarse salt.
Set basket in sun and protect [...]

«La campagne de cueillette des olives à huile pour la saison 2006-2007 aura lieu dans les délais prévus afin de préserver tant la qualité des huiles que la santé de l’olivier», telle est la recommandation des participants à l’atelier de travail organisé, vendredi, à Tunis par l’Union tunisienne de l’agriculture et de la pêche (UTAP) [...]

Un environnementaliste tunisien récompensé
Le chercheur tunisien Sami Sayadi a fait partie des cinq scientifiques récompensés par le magazine français “La Recherche” cette année.
Il a été distingué dans la catégorie environnement, pour ses travaux de recherche intitulés “Vers la valorisation optimale des déchets de l’extraction de l’huile d’olives: production d’antioxidants et énergie des biogaz”. Il dirige [...]

By Eyal Ben, photo: Dalit Shaham
Ynet joins group of leftist activists who took a few days off from work to act as human shields for Palestinians during olive gathering, as well as help out with the harvest
As the olive harvest in the West Bank is at its peak, so is the fear of harassment by [...]

Olive oil is turning up in a variety of beauty products. A team of testers wanted to know if it was better as an additive or alone.
Ancient Hebrews used olive oil to light their menorahs. Athenians valued it more than water. The Catholic Church uses it in its sacraments.
And you thought it was just for [...]

Par Guy Van den Noortgate,
Via sa filiale Econoler Espagne, le groupe belge TPF vient d’investir en Andalousie dans un projet de valorisation énergétique de résidus d’olives provenant de l’extraction d’huile vierge. Une initiative qui intéresse également la filiale portugaise de TPF.
Des oliveraies à perte de vue. Avec plus de 80 % de la production espagnole [...]