FAO says the war cost Lebanese farming about $280 million and left a quarter of southern cropland unusable, with the olive harvest…
Every autumn someone looks at a laden olive tree and thinks: how hard can it be to make my own oil? Harder…
Olives, feta, good oil and dried oregano — the four cornerstones of the Greek table, assembled into a two-minute meze that tastes…
The body that sets the world's olive-oil rules rotates its chair among member states. Here is what the International Olive Council actually…
Fritz Grupe hopes to prove the rebirth of olive-oil production in California with his new olive orchard at his Lodi home and…
By Martha Proctor, Of the so many things to savor about our recent trip to Spain, I was struck by the dominant…
Autour de Nice, une seule petite olive — le Cailletier — fait l'huile AOC et les fameuses petites olives noires de la…
Where your olive oil's olives actually grew is often hidden on the label. Here is how origin marking works, and why Italian…
Par Hamid Saïdani, Il s’agit, à travers ce plan de plantation, d’exploiter toutes les potentialités existantes afin de hisser la filière oléicole…
Careful trials suggest olive oil can modestly reduce a marker of DNA oxidation. Here is what that really means — and where…
D'un cloître de mission en Californie aux villages de toute la Méditerranée, on marque encore la récolte des olives par une bénédiction…
Some olive oils are sold as much for the hands that made them as for the taste — cooperative and coexistence oils…
Extra virgin, virgin, plain olive oil, light — the labels confuse everyone. Here is what the grades actually mean, and which to…
Why serious cooks keep several olive oils on the shelf — a cheap one for the pan, a good one for finishing…
Turkey has quietly become one of the world's biggest olive growers, planting tens of millions of trees. Here is what is driving…
Le Maroc est l'un des grands pays de l'olive en devenir — bâti sur une seule variété rustique et une olive de…
Nyons célèbre sa rare olive noire par une fête d'hiver — et l'olive piquée est un vrai savoir-faire local, pas un gadget…
By Manuel Meyer Jaen, Spain The olive tree is both loved and respected In many Mediterranean countries, but in the Spanish…
Why the olive is the tree people reach for when they want to green a dry, stony land — hardy, long-lived, symbolic…
Une année de sécheresse, et des centaines de moulins de village restent à l'arrêt, faute de fruit. Voici pourquoi les récoltes d'olives…
Zarzis se dit capitale de l'olivier, et la Tunisie a de bons arguments pour être le géant de l'huile que le monde…
Oleotourism — visiting mills and groves to taste and buy oil at the source — has become a real Italian industry. Here…
A protected-origin mark for the hills around Florence is a window into how Italy defines — and defends — the taste of…
By Gary Klien, The McEvoy Ranch is always finding new ways to squeeze money from olives. This holiday season, the Northern Marin…
When a university orchard wins an olive-oil medal in its debut year, it says something bigger: how super-high-density planting turned the New…
Deserts are the new frontier for olives. Drip irrigation and hardy stock are pushing groves into places the tree never grew —…
Athens owes its very name to an olive tree. From Athena's gift on the Acropolis to Plato's grove at Academe, no city…
La Tunisie est un exportateur d'huile du top 4 qui a longtemps vendu surtout en vrac. L'histoire de sa promotion du conditionnement…
La fête de l'olive au village est une institution du Languedoc — et une fenêtre sur une culture oléicole française minuscule en…
Tunisia is one of the world's great olive-oil powers — and one of its best-kept secrets, because most of its finest oil…
Pourquoi le prix de l'huile d'olive tunisienne fluctue si violemment — et pourquoi la vente en vrac laisse les producteurs à la…
Par Abou sarra, En fin de compte, la guerre d’huile d’olive, qui a fait couler tant d’encre, n’aura pas lieu. Contre toute…
Ce qui donne à une huile toscane son goût toscan — le style vert, herbacé, artichaut-et-poivre des collines d'Italie centrale, et comment…
The old warning that heating extra virgin olive oil is dangerous is a myth. It is perfectly safe to cook with —…
Turkey is one of the world's great olive producers with an ancient Aegean heartland — yet it drinks surprisingly little of its…
La Lucques est le joyau en croissant du Languedoc : une olive de table vert éclatant, peu salée, au goût de noisette beurrée,…
The olive branch has meant peace for three thousand years. Where did that idea come from — and why did the olive,…
By Kim Cuby, PETALUMA, Calif. – Seated at a small table, listening to her grandson’s high school classmates on stage, Nan Tucker…
L'olivier peut-il pousser loin de la Méditerranée ? Les essais du semi-aride brésilien ont buté sur la seule chose dont l'arbre ne peut…
Bone-in chicken baked with briny olives, lemon and herbs — a rustic Mediterranean one-pot that all but cooks itself.
Des faits sur l'olive qui valent la peine — et quelques mythes bien-aimés à retirer. D'Apicius et de la branche de paix…
Curing Kalamata olives at home is slow but simple: a salt brine, weeks of patience, and a finish of red-wine vinegar for…
From tree to bottle in two hours: how a modern olive mill crushes, kneads and spins fruit into oil — and why…
The Mediterranean diet, with olive oil at its centre, is one of the best-supported eating patterns in science. Here is the honest,…
Americans love olives, pickles and relishes as fun, snackable foods — but the market has long straddled a fault line between shelf-stable…
Une olive crue est immangeable — d'une amertume à faire grimacer. La préparation est le vieux savoir qui corrige cela, et l'on…
En Kabylie, la cueillette des olives est autant une saison familiale qu'une récolte — et une saison fragile, de plus en plus…
Un plan régional pour planter des milliers d'hectares d'oliviers autour de Nador est une petite fenêtre sur une grande histoire : la longue…
Why is the Mediterranean diet so good for the heart? Part of the answer is olive oil — not just its fats,…
Olive oil is not just for salads. From searing to baking to a raw finishing drizzle, here is how to use it…
Olive, My Love How to cure an olive fetish. by Ashlea Halpern, I never met an olive I didn’t like. Whether they’re…
Yes — but the antioxidants live in the phenols, and the phenols live in extra virgin. Refine the oil and you refine…
Dans tous les pays de l'olivier, le pain et l'olive grandissent ensemble — fougasse, focaccia, galettes salées piquées d'olives et enrichies de…
By Ed Blonz, Ph.D. Q: We all know how healthful extra virgin olive oil is for us. Do we get the same…
Autour de Kairouan, l'olivier est l'ossature de l'agriculture — et le lancement de chaque récolte est une campagne soigneusement organisée qui met…
Food and wine festivals now put olive-oil tasting on the same billing as the wine. The two share the senses but play…
The familiar can of black 'California ripe' olives comes from a highly industrial supply chain. Here is how America's table-olive business actually…
Baptiser un olivier au nom d'un être cher — avec son certificat et une bouteille d'huile de son verger — est un…
Quand les prix de l'huile d'olive s'effondrent, des régions entières de moulins et d'exportateurs se retrouvent endettées. Voici la mécanique de boom…
Across the Levant the olive is more than a crop — it is savings, safety net and identity, a tree families lean…
California's answer to Europe is speed: super-high-density groves and machine harvesting that get olives from tree to mill in under two hours.
En Galilée, des festivals de l'olive rassemblent juifs, musulmans, chrétiens et druzes dans les mêmes vergers et moulins. L'olive comme héritage partagé…
Northern California's Sacramento Valley has quietly become serious olive-oil country. Here is why the 'north state' suits the tree and what to…
By Marlene Parrish, An extra-virgin olive oil tasting is conducted much like a wine tasting. In a professional setting, small measures of…
Texts: Marlene Parrish Photo: Tony Tye, Spain, not Italy, is the world’s largest producer of olive oil. Members of a Post-Gazette tasting…
On Cyprus the olive is older than written history and woven through the island's identity — yet its ancient trees are being…
L'Algérie a un vaste héritage oléicole et pourtant ne produit depuis longtemps qu'une fraction de l'huile que consomment ses habitants. L'écart entre…
The climate of the Mediterranean is ideal for olive trees as the terrain is sunny and mostly dry. They have been propagating…
By Ofer Zemach & Ben Jacobson, A symbol of excellence, strength and purity, olive oil has long been a part of the…
Extra virgin, virgin, refined: the grades are not marketing, they are a production ladder. Here is how olive oil is actually graded…
Olive oil is a heart-friendly fat, but it is still fat — calorie-dense and no magic bullet. Here is the honest, de-hyped…
Tapenade is Provence in a bowl — olives, capers, anchovy and oil pounded into a savoury paste. Here is how to make…
Chaque automne, tout un pays se mobilise pour la « campagne oléicole » — les semaines effrénées de récolte et de trituration. Voici ce…