Yes. You can pop popcorn in olive oil on the stovetop, and it works better than the internet gives it credit for. The objection you will read everywhere is that olive oil's smoke point is too low for popping. That objection is based on a number that does not match what actually happens in a covered pan. Popcorn pops at…
Read the story →Olive tree zone guide: olives grow outdoors in USDA zones 8 to 11. What each zone means, microclimates, pots for cold areas and where…
November 6, 2026Olive tree leaves yellow, curling or dropping? Check the season, soil, roots, light, recent changes and cold, in that order, then read each symptom.
November 3, 2026How big do olive trees get? Usually 20 to 30 feet in the ground and 4 to 10 in a pot. Size by variety, growth per year, and how pruning…
October 31, 2026Straight off the tree, an olive is inedible — bitter enough to make you wince. Curing is how we fix that, and you can do it at home…
Kalamata are ripened and brine-cured. Tinned black olives are picked green and oxidised. Why one tastes of wine and the other of almost nothing.
An olive that is delicious from the jar can wreck a dish, because heat does three things to it: it drives out salt, it softens the flesh, and…
In a village in Crete stands an olive tree up to 4,000 years old — still making olives. A timeline of everything it has outlived, and the one…
Seared tuna under a bright, briny salsa of olives, capers and semi-dried tomato. Fifteen minutes, no cooking skill required —…
Extra virgin olive oil is really a fruit juice — squeezed, not refined. That one fact separates it from every…
Olive oil is a fruit juice and it fades — but the four things that spoil it are easy to…
The claim that olive oil ‘fights cancer’ is half-truth and half-hype — here is what the research actually suggests, stated…
Cold-pressed rapeseed oil is sold as a home-grown rival to olive oil. An honest look at where each one wins…
Une terrine fromage-olives à préparer la veille — chèvre et feta pris à la gélatine, mêlés d'olives noires et de…
Its beauty, its origins, its history: the varieties, the fields, the pictures.
“What does lavender have to do with olives? Well, I’m glad you asked. I just love both, and to me they’re the perfect match.”
