By Jolene Ketzenberger,
Olive oil just isn’t exotic anymore. Though it trumped vegetable oil as the U.S. consumer’s cooking oil of choice nearly five years ago, today’s oil options have expanded far beyond corn, canola and even extra-virgin olive oil.
For healthfulness and versatility, says Indianapolis gourmet shop owner Jack Stearns, grapeseed oil is hard to [...]
August 25th, 2007
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* Free Olive Oil and Olive product sampling
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* Olive Oil Tasting lead by the California Olive Oil Council
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It’s not always the label on the wine bottle that attracts admiring attention at dinner parties.
Sometimes it’s on the one containing green-gold extra-virgin olive oil.
In the past 7 years there has been a small revolution in the winelands that has nothing to do with grapes. It gathered momentum when Italy’s Giulio Bertrand bought Somerset West’s [...]
If good growing weather continues and there’s enough irrigation water, the Central Valley olive crop could be more than six times larger than last year’s.
California’s olive crop this year will produce about 112,000 tons, growers estimate.
Last year the trees yielded a meager 16,800 tons.
However, water is becoming an issue in olive groves south of the [...]
Tuscany’s 12 hills to become centre of biomass production - Chianti could become a production centre for renewable biomass energy thanks to an abundance of vegetable by-products from the cultivation of olives and grapes, in addition to livestock and wood farming.
The University of Florence already has an experimental project in place to study eventual uses [...]
Drought has hindered olive production in Balýkesir. Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Sami Sözat requested that olive producers receive drought support, saying that the chamber of agriculture in Balýkesir will apply to the prime minister’s office and ministry of agriculture for the aid.
Sözat considered the exclusion of olive producers from drought support unfortunate, since producers of [...]
La culture du canola connaît une croissance depuis une dizaine d’années sur les terres agricoles de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Au total dans la région, une cinquantaine de producteurs, dont une quarantaine situés au Témiscamingue, font pousser cette plante aux fleurs d’un jaune éclatant.
Les grains récoltés sont transformés en Ontario. “C’est vendu aux meuneries. Ils en extraient l’huile [...]
By the Barkeep,
This appetizer is a quick, easy and a great way to ’spice’ up your cocktail party. These olives are great with Vodka or Gin Martinis. Instead of adding olives to the drink, serve these along side.
To Make:
2 Cups Green or Black Pitted Olives (not canned ones, get the fancy imported olives. We [...]
L’Espagne, soutenue par l’Italie, la France et la Grèce, a informé les ministres de l’Agriculture de l’UE, réunis le 16 juillet à Bruxelles, de son initiative visant à promouvoir le régime méditerranéen dans la liste du patrimoine humanitaire de l’Unesco.
Le commissaire en charge de la santé, Markos Kyprianou, a souligné que cette initiative était conforme [...]
By Zoe Williams,
Sales of extra-virgin olive oil hit a record £71m last year, which means it now accounts for more than 30% - the largest share - of the UK oil market. These figures have led some people to conclude that we’re adopting “a healthier, Mediterranean diet”.
There are as many things wrong with that [...]
Olove natural olive snacks in stand-up foil bags are a healthy alternative to crisps that will be available in a similar range of flavours.
The concept, developed over four years in Barcelona, won the Fresh Ideas award at the 2007 London IFE and is suitable for fine bars and pubs and healthy vending.
Olove offers Black Aragon [...]
By Carolyn O’Neil,
If you enjoy a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil on a crisp green salad or can’t wait to savor a salmon steak hot off the grill, then you are part of a happy and healthy nationwide nutrition trend. According to results of the 2007 Food & Health Survey recently released by the International [...]
By Martyn McLaughlin,
It is revered by chefs as the finest olive oil money can buy, and now Britain’s consumers are choosing to drizzle with the extra virgin variety in record numbers.
Sales of the oil reached an all-time high £71 million in the UK last year as Britons adopted a healthier Mediterranean diet.
Despite its high price, [...]
By Kerry Coleman,
In 1820, a grove of olive trees was planted in Cranebrook by the wife of infamous convict Samuel Terry.
Last week, Penrith council chopped down all of the nearly 200-year-old heritage-listed trees.
Elderly Cranebrook resident Shirley Tesoriero was very fond of the trees that sat off Soling Crescent, near Boundary Road.
“I’d read about them in [...]
Here is a very complete article by Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, on Olives and Olive Oil which includes history, information on olive varieties, and usage tips.
Part 1: The only difference between green olives and black olives is ripeness
Long a symbol of peace, the olive branch brings us a marvelous, healthy fruit. Get up to date on [...]
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