Archive for March 1st, 2007

01 Mar

Healthy Recipe from the Oscars: Black and Green Olive Tapenade on Bruschetta

Wonder what hors d’oevres the Hollywood set nibbled on at the Academy Awards after party? A plethora of Wolfgang Puck creations, of course! The blog Teamsuger.com has a thorough Oscar night menu listed on their site, several recipes included. If you ever wanted to know what it feels like to be famous, try serving these […]

01 Mar

The Heart Of Italy’s Olive Tree Fields

By Steve Petusevsky, I’ve been cooking with olive oil for more than three decades. But I never thought about what goes into producing it. This past week, I got to see where olive oil comes from and follow its production from tree to press. I was in Puglia, Italy, learning about olive oil from the […]

01 Mar

Rajasthan, Israel join hands for olive cultivation

By IANS, Rajasthan is getting ready to grow olives. The state government has joined hands with an Israel-based company to cultivate olive and dates in the desert state. ‘We have tied up with an Israel-based company by forming Rajasthan Olive Cultivation Ltd (ROCL) for growing olives and dates in 40,000 hectares of land the state,’ […]

01 Mar

Tunisia olive oil exports jump 53% in 2006

Tunisia’s key olive oil exports jumped by 53 percent to 167 700 t last year as a government campaign to boost exports bore fruit, official data showed on Thursday. Olive oil, whose popularity is growing among health-conscious consumers worldwide, represents half of the North African country’s farm sales which in turn account more than 10% […]

01 Mar

Statistiques de l’huile d’olive dans le monde

statistiques 2006/2007 Huile d’Olive Production, Importations, Consommation et Exportation source-COI-Madrid Campagne 2006 / 07 (1er octobre 2006 – 30 septembre 2007) (1.000 tm) [Source] Click here