La chaleur au mauvais moment, la sécheresse et une pluie de poussière du désert peuvent anéantir une récolte d’olives — et une…
California quietly became a serious olive-oil region, and its competitions crown the best. Here is what a medal really means — and…
By Leah Larkin, He carefully pours a small quantity of the liquid from the dark green bottle into a tiny spoon, lifts…
The green cousin of black tapenade: bright, nutty and herbaceous, with toasted walnuts and almonds standing in for the anchovy.
Price does not equal quality, you cannot reliably taste a country in a bottle, and light is the enemy — the honest…
The stuffed martini olive is a small craft with big traps. A trade look at what really goes inside — pimento paste,…
Olive oil sold from the barrel, by the pint, has real charm — and one real risk. A clear-eyed look at tap…
L’huile d’olive de Nice est la douce : sucrée, amandée, à peine amère, pressée d’une seule variété locale. Sa souplesse est sa signature,…
Une forte gelée peut réduire de moitié une récolte d'olives de climat frais. Voici pourquoi le froid nuit à l'olivier, et pourquoi…
Back to first principles: what an olive actually is, why you cannot eat it off the tree, and how one hard little…
California’s Central Valley quietly became a serious olive-oil region — and its university farms, festivals and strict quality seal are a big…
Beyond the kitchen, olive oil has a long life as a skin and hair emollient. A calm, honest look at what it…
De la branche à la bouteille en un jour : comment un moulin provençal transforme l’olive en huile, et pourquoi les détails décident…
Sodas, tisanes et shots à base d’olives et de feuilles d’olivier reviennent sans cesse. Voici le guide sobre : ce qu’ils sont, leur…
Claire Doole visits a Córdoba olive farmer and finds he is doing his bit to combat global warming. As far as the…
Oleuropein is the bitter compound behind olive-leaf extract and much of the olive's reputation. Here is what it actually is, and where…
New Zealand is a tiny, young olive-oil country punching above its weight in the glass — here is why its cool-climate oils…
By FÜSUN ATALAY, More than just a cocktail garnish, these tangy, meaty little fruit are good and good for you. Many people…
L’Algérie possède d’immenses oliveraies et une tradition profonde, mais reste presque invisible sur les étals du monde — un géant qui se…
Braised baby fennel with orange, ruby grapefruit and small black olives — a bright, bittersweet winter salad built on a lemon-and-olive-oil dressing.
Le Maroc est l’un des grands pays de l’olive — et la source d’olives que vous mangez déjà sans le savoir. Regard…
Most olive-oil confusion comes down to a handful of myths about grades, ‘light’ oil, smoke points and storage. Clear those and the…
Les olives marinées au café ont l'air d'un gadget, mais elles relèvent d'une vraie tradition d'aromatisation. Voici comment fonctionne une olive marinée…
Entre Corbières et Minervois, en plein pays de vigne, quelques oliveraies et petits moulins font renaître une huile française artisanale, monovariétale et…
Il n’existe pas de simples olives « vertes » et « noires ». Un tour du monde des grandes variétés de table, pays par pays —…
Pic by Michael McCollum, Aricle by Reed Fujii, LODI – Winegrapes are a $200 million-a-year business in San Joaquin County. But now…
From make-up remover to furniture reviver, olive oil has a whole life outside the kitchen. The genuinely useful non-food tricks — and…
Or, vert ou citrine, la couleur ne dit presque rien. Ce qui compte, c’est d’accorder le style de l’huile à la tâche…
Crisp parmesan toasts, cool ricotta, dark tapenade and a sweet roast tomato — a five-part little mouthful that is really a lesson…
'Extra virgin' is an odd name — and a precise legal grade. Here is the full ladder of olive-oil grades, from top…
La Ligurie tire de la petite olive Taggiasca l'une des huiles les plus douces d'Italie — souple, sucrée et amandée, tout le…
Un gel d’hiver sévère peut ruiner une récolte d’olives — et parfois l’arbre. Comment le froid fait ses dégâts, pourquoi les jeunes…
The olive is not a vegetable — it is a stone fruit, a drupe, cousin to the cherry and the plum. Why…
Beyond the frying pan, olive oil has a hundred household uses — some genuinely good, some folklore. An honest sort of the…
Polyphenols are the buzzword on every olive-oil label — but the honest story is a whole diet and pattern of life, not…
Olive oil really is a fruit juice — and that simple fact explains its flavour, its fragility and much of its reputation.…
Australia turned itself into a serious, modern olive-oil country in a single generation — here is how a young southern-hemisphere industry chose…
Olive-oil fairs and competitions are more than trade jamborees — they are where quality is judged, reputations made, and a shopper can…
A plain-English primer on olive oil: what the grades really mean, why extra virgin sits at the top, and how to read…
By Harold McGee, FOR a newcomer to the world of olive oil connoisseurship, the sound effects from the 20 or so tasters…
Cool-climate, tiny-batch and impeccably fresh — New Zealand quietly makes some of the New World’s finest olive oil. Here’s why Hawke’s Bay…
France makes a tiny fraction of the world’s olive oil, nearly all of it in Provence — soft, low-acid and sold at…
Une huile d'olive à l'orange ou à la tomate a l'air d'une curiosité, mais les huiles aromatisées sont une vraie catégorie, avec…
From a corner of the eastern Mediterranean the olive travelled the whole basin and then the world — but it never quite…
The Mediterranean diet is the most studied way of eating on earth — and olive oil is its engine. What the evidence…
L'Azerbaïdjan plante un million d'oliviers — non pour l'huile, mais pour le vert. Rappel que l'olivier a toujours été un arbre d'agrément…
Seared tuna under a bright, briny salsa of olives, capers and semi-dried tomato. Fifteen minutes, no cooking skill required — just good…
Extra virgin olive oil is really a fruit juice — squeezed, not refined. That one fact separates it from every seed oil…
Olive oil is a fruit juice and it fades — but the four things that spoil it are easy to beat. Here…
The claim that olive oil ‘fights cancer’ is half-truth and half-hype — here is what the research actually suggests, stated plainly and…
Cold-pressed rapeseed oil is sold as a home-grown rival to olive oil. An honest look at where each one wins — on…
Une terrine fromage-olives à préparer la veille — chèvre et feta pris à la gélatine, mêlés d'olives noires et de ciboulette, coiffés…
L’olivier sauvage — l’oléastre — pousse partout en Méditerranée en buisson épineux au fruit amer. Greffez-le, et il devient un verger. Le…
Spain makes more olive oil than anyone, and its harvest sets the world price. Understand the Spanish market — stocks, campaign, the…
No fruit tree is more woven into human history than the olive. Here is its long biography — food, light, medicine and…