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Prep: 10 min. Bake: 30 min. Cool: 1 hour Stand: 1 hour Ingredients 1 pound brine-cured green or ripe olives, drained 3 large cloves garlic, crushed and peeled 3 sprigs (3 inches each) fresh rosemary or 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 1 sprig (2 inches) fresh thyme 1 small dried chile or 1/2 teaspoon red pepper […]

By Brock Cooper, Julia Messina tastes flavored olive oil on bread at her business in Utica. Olive oil can be a healthy alternative to corn and vegetable oil and adds more flavor to prepared dishes. Olive oil is a staple of the Mediterranean diet, but the healthy alternative to corn and vegetable oil is making […]

McQuillan walked into a bar and ordered martini after martini, each time removing the olives and placing them in a jar. When the jar was filled with olives and all the drinks consumed, the Irishman started to leave. “Excuse me,” said a customer, who was puzzled over what McQuillan had done. “What was that all […]

By Howard Yune/ Chris Kaufman/Appeal-Democrat Miguel Lopez of Marysville looks over farm equipment on the opening day of 40th annual Colusa Farm Show. Lopez is the field manager of the California Olive Ranch. Times – and farming – have changed over the past four decades, but California’s oldest farm exhibition will reach out to growers […]

By Karolos Grohmann, ATHENS (Reuters) – Television coverage of the purported healing properties of olive tree leaves have sparked a frenzy in Greece and caused one violent death. Extensive media reports over the past week about the leaves’ alleged ability to cure illnesses including cancer have triggered an angry response from doctors and pharmacists. “In […]