07 Jun
Beef burger with olives and feta
Recipe by Kate Murdoch,
Photo by Oliver Ford,
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14 May
Moroccan chicken with chickpeas and olives
Recipe by Valli Little,
Photography by Mark Roper,
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01 May
The Healing Powers of Olive Oil
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27 Mar
Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Recipe by Gemma Luongo,
Photography by Mark O’Meara
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 40 minutes
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04 Oct
Olive oil adds a rich note to apple dessert
Chef Jean Paul Desmaison of La Cofradia restaurant in Coral Gables, Fla. has created this Sauteed Apple Crisp for the North American Olive Oil Association.
Extra-virgin olive oil replaces the butter, offering a mellow, concentrated sweetness to the glazed apples. Sugar, a hint of cinnamon and a handful of raisins complete the apple mixture.
Finally, top with [...]
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04 Oct
Make sure you pick the right olive oil
By Chef Nino,
There is probably nothing more breathtaking than seeing and participating in olive oil production from the tree to the bottle.
Miles of terraced hillsides are meticulously cultivated with the finest olive trees in the world. Olive trees can reach heights of 50 feet and often live for 500-600 years.
The oldest living olive tree in [...]
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30 Sep
An olive primer
All olives are not created equal when it comes to martinis. A few guidelines:
The olive doesn’t flavor the liquor so much as the liquor flavors the olive. If you want olive flavor in the drink, make it dirty by adding olive brine or use cracked olives.
Use milder olives in gin martinis so they don’t clash [...]
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23 Jun
Harmony of Turkish cuisine with olive oil
Max Thomae, a famous chef at the Mövenpick Hotel, says a good olive oil enriches the flavor of food. Before creating the concept of “blond flavors,” he conducted long and detailed research on oils and their proper pairing with food. He describes olive oil as a culture and uses it in every food and in [...]
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13 Jun
Olive Oil’s Many Properties
By Johann Fleck,
Olive oil is the crowning glory for grilled seafood, a salad, over Feta cheese or other sheep’s milk cheese. It rounds out pasta dishes and vegetables, and is used to sauté and fry. There is hardly a Mediterranean dish that does not include olive oil in the recipe.
As a result of the high [...]
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10 Jun
Chargrilled polenta with roasted capsicum & Olives
Recipe by Valli Little,
Photography by Ian Wallace,
Ingredients (serves 4)
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02 Jun
Use olive oil to its full potential
Spain is the leading producer of olives and olive oil. It produces, on average, 1 million tons of olive oil annually. Spain’s more than 300 million olive trees cover more than 8,800 square miles - an area comparable to the size of Massachusetts.
Experiment and discover what types of olive oil suit your tastes. The simple [...]
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04 Mar
Black and green Olives cured
Black Oil Cured Olives
Salt-cured olives are flavorful, but somewhat bitter. Staunch olive fans love them. It is best to make these in small batches using Mission black olives as they will not keep more than a month.
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Green Cured Olives
These water-cured olives are flavored with lemon, oregano, wine vinegar, and garlic. These [...]
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24 Dec
Chargrilled chicken & olive sandwiches
Recipe by Michelle Southan,
Photography by Steve Brown,
Toasted sandwiches have never looked so good … or tasted so terrific!
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes
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11 Dec
Replacing the butter with olive oil when baking
By Julia Cameron,
Photo Peter Monsees,
This holiday season, your goal to keep a healthful diet and lifestyle might be forgotten easily when the temptation from cookies and cakes wields more power than the call of your treadmill.
But you can have your cake and eat it too, said Lisa A. Sheldon, a nutritionist and cookbook author whose [...]
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30 Nov
Silverbeet & olive tart with parmesan crust
Recipe by Valli Little,
Photography by Geoff Lung,
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