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Cooking enthusiasts and olive oil aficionados are invited to join food professionals from around the world June 21-23 at UC Davis for an international conference exploring the best production practices, sensory qualities and culinary possibilities for the highest quality extra virgin olive oil. “Beyond Extra Virgin,” the largest conference on olive-oil excellence ever held in [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Spanish food scientists experiment with new textures and colours of olive oil. A team of researchers at CTAEX (Centro Tecnológico Agroalimentario de Extremadura) have given olive oil a whole new look and feel in the hope that this will diversify and extend the use of what many people in Spain call liquid gold. Spain is [...]

Parée de toutes les vertus nutritionnelles, l’huile d’olive est censée protéger de nombre de maladies. Ce qui est juste en grande partie. Mais n’oublions pas que c’est un corps gras riche en calories. L’huile d’olive est devenue l’objet d’un véritable culte, célébrée d’un commun ensemble par les nutritionnistes et les cuisiniers. Les premiers ne cessent [...]