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By Amanda Gold, Purchasing olive oil these days can be a dizzying feat. Is it best to go for the more traditional Italian stuff? A particular varietal? Fruity or peppery? Mild? Robust? According to local chef and author Fran Gage, however, keeping it local – or at least domestic – isn’t a bad idea. In [...]

Food group SOS Cuetara has agreed to sell its olive oil brand Dante and the other brands of its Minerva Oli unit to Italian sector player Mataluni for some EUR34m (USD45.6m). The transaction, scheduled for completion in July, is in line with SOS Cuetara’s disinvestment programme. Dante has annual sales of some 10 million litres [...]

Spanish food group SOS Cuetara has agreed to sell its olive oil brand Dante and the other brands of its Minerva Oli unit to Italian sector player Mataluni for some EUR34m (US$45.6m) The transaction, scheduled for completion in July, is in line with SOS Cuetara’s disinvestment programme. Dante has annual sales of some 10 million [...]

A man found a unique, albeit illegal  use for olive oil this week, police said. He used a bottle of it to rob a convenience store. A witness was sitting in his car when he saw a man enter the store with a plastic bag wrapped around his hand, then drove away because he had [...]

Recipe by Gemma Luongo, Photography by Mark O’Meara Preparation Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes