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Recipe by Michelle Noerianto, Photography by Ian Wallace, Cooking Time:10 minutes Ingredients (serves 6): 1 x 500g pkt Lebanese bread 1 x 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained 80g (1/2 cup) pitted kalamata olives 1 garlic clove 1 1/2 tsp mild ground paprika 60ml (1/4 cup) olive oil Olive oil, extra, to serve Method: Preheat oven […]

Already known for their award-winning wines, Waiheke Island’s Cable Bay Vineyards have now scooped an international plaudit for their extra virgin olive oil. Competing against olive oils from all over the world – including traditional Mediterranean olive-growing countries such as Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal – Cable Bay’s 2006 Extra Virgin Olive Oil won a […]

California Olive Ranch, Oroville, Calif., expects to double its production capacity this year after signing a long-term agreement with another large, California olive oil producer. Olive Glen Orchards in Glenn County will provide 100 percent of the fruit from its 700 acres of high density olive trees to California Olive Ranch, already the largest olive […]

By Melanie Cleveland, One of four franchises of the Paso Robles based gourmet shop is slated to open later this month in downtown San Luis Obispo, and its owners hope its prime location translates to healthy sales We Olive, a gourmet shop specializing in olives and olive-related products, will open in San Luis Obispo later […]

By ABDÜLHAMİT YILDIZ, One of the products in Turkey with no problems securing a share of the market is olive oil. Cahit Çetin, president of Tariş — a union of agricultural sales cooperatives from the Aegean and Marmara regions dealing in figs, raisins, cotton, and oilseeds (including olives) — said that the olive oil market […]