A handful of giant bottlers move most of the world's branded olive oil. Knowing how they work — and why their profits…
That little dish of oil, chilli and herbs you tear warm bread through costs almost nothing and takes one minute — but…
Fall marks the annual olive harvest in Spain, the world’s leading producer of olive oil. Though a secret to many, Olive Oil…
By Elena Becatoros, ARTEMIDA, Greece – The smoldering trunks of olive trees stretch across mountain slopes and valleys, their precious fruit lying…
Spreadable olive oil promises butter's convenience with olive oil's halo. It is a clever product — but understanding how a liquid oil…
Quand le feu ravage l’oliveraie grecque, la perte n’est pas une mauvaise saison mais une génération : un olivier brûlé peut mettre près…
Le « caviar d'huile d'olive » — de petites perles gélatineuses qui éclatent d'huile en bouche — est un tour de gastronomie moléculaire : la…
A plain-spoken field guide to the olives you actually meet at the deli counter — what each one tastes like, where it…
Tunisia is one of the world's great olive-oil producers — yet most of its oil leaves the country in tankers, unnamed, to…
Par Bensalem Fennass, Le 1er projet initié par le Fonds d’investissement Olea Capital Conformément à son engagement initial, le Fonds d’investissement Olea…
Les études sur les Italiens âgés retrouvent toujours la même chose : ceux qui mangent beaucoup d’huile d’olive et de légumes crus vivent…
For every litre of olive oil, a mill produces litres of dark, acidic wastewater that can poison soil and streams. Managing it…
Long before it was a food, the olive was a medicine chest — and its bitter leaf is now a booming supplement.…
For years California's olive oil output has climbed, and boosters love to say it will overtake France. The growth is real —…
A forgiving Provençal-style tart: sweet slow-cooked onions, salty olives and tangy goat's cheese on crisp puff pastry. Cheap, quick to assemble, and…
Un petit producteur ne peut bâtir une marque sur un marché lointain. D'où les consortiums : en se regroupant, les producteurs mutualisent la…
Corning, en Californie, se surnomme « Olive City » à juste titre — et son festival de l’olive, de longue date, montre comment une…
Par Clotilde Briard, L’enseigne spécialisée, qui a entrepris de développer sa notoriété, élargit son offre et revoit ses boutiques pour les rendre…
Olive oil rewards tasting every bit as much as wine — origin, variety and craft all show up on the tongue. Here…
Olive oil has conditioned Mediterranean hair for thousands of years, and it genuinely works — as a deep-conditioning oil, with honest caveats…
Unlike other cooking oils, olive oil has a taste — and it can be read like wine. Here is how to judge…
L'huile d'olive française vend un rêve de Provence — soleil, cigales, pétanque — bien plus vaste que la minuscule récolte réelle du…
The town of Corning calls itself California's Olive City — and its story explains how the Sacramento Valley became the home of…
L’huile d’olive est depuis longtemps l’un des aliments les plus frelatés au monde — coupée d’huiles bon marché, faussée sur le grade…
Good prices, mediocre yields, hundred-year-old trees and a crop that swings wildly from one year to the next — California's table-olive country…
You cannot judge an olive oil by its colour or its price — only by tasting it, and by knowing its four…
Olive oil gets credited with curing almost everything. The truth is quieter and more solid: a well-studied fat, rich in monounsaturates and…
The phenols that make a fresh extra virgin taste bitter and peppery are the same compounds studied for the heart. Here is…
La différence entre vendre son huile en citerne et la vendre en bouteille, c'est la différence entre survivre et prospérer — et…
La récolte d’olives de Californie oscille fortement d’une année à l’autre — énorme, puis minuscule. La cause est une habitude de l’olivier…
Turkey is a top-five olive power whose Aegean groves increasingly wrestle with drought and heat. The technology that may save them —…
From branch to bottle in a day: how olives become extra virgin oil, why ‘cold’ and ‘first press’ matter, and what separates…
Drumsticks roasted with green olives, lemon and balsamic until sticky and savoury — a cheap, forgiving traybake where the olives do the…
L'huile d'olive algérienne est un produit de montagne de Kabylie, largement bue au pays et à peine exportée — ce qui explique…
Nyons, en Provence, fête son olive — la Tanche, petit fruit ridé et noir de jais, l'un des plus rares et prisés…
Professional tasters judge olive oil on three positive qualities — fruity, bitter and pungent — using a simple ritual you can copy…
Les olives traversent le monde à la tonne, scellées dans des fûts de saumure et des conteneurs. Ce commerce de vrac, immense…
Every so often police find drugs hidden in a shipment of olives — and the story is really about how table olives…
Certification seals promise that ‘extra virgin’ really is — a response to a long history of adulterated and mislabelled oil. Here is…
Long before it was a health food, olive oil was the Mediterranean's all-purpose balm — for skin, hair, lamps and rituals. Here…
Gadgets that fry chips on a spoonful of oil sound like magic — but the real question they raise is an old…
Central Victoria is one front of Australia’s modern olive industry — a young, mechanised, southern-hemisphere producer whose harvest lands when the Mediterranean’s…
By Ching Lee, California olive growers are expecting excellent prices for this year’s crop, which is projected to be 112,000 tons, up…
Table olives are still picked by hand, one at a time, on a tight clock. When the workers do not come, a…
Olive oil is one of the oldest moisturisers there is, and for very dry skin it can work beautifully — but it…
L'oléiculture super-intensive serre de petits arbres en haies qu'une machine enjambeuse récolte en un passage. Elle a transformé l'économie de l'huile —…
By Emilia Klapp, The abundant use of olives and extra virgin olive oil truly defines the traditional Mediterranean Diet. In fact it…
When Turkish olive-oil exports swing wildly from one year to the next, it is rarely a crisis — it is the olive…
La Turquie est l'un des plus grands pays d'olives du monde, avec sa propre grande olive à huile — l'Ayvalık — et…
Olive oil grades confuse almost everyone — and some ‘facts’ on the back of the bottle are half-truths. Here is what the…
Olive oil enriched with fish-derived omega-3 sounds like the best of two health foods in one bottle. It is a clever idea…
Des olives vertes enrobées d’une pâte au fromage et cuites au four jusqu’à dorer — une bouchée croustillante et salée pour l’apéritif.…
Olive oil fraud is one of the oldest cons in the food trade — cheap oil dressed as premium, blends passed off…
Small studies of olive extracts and inflammation make appealing headlines. Here is a sober look at the compounds involved, what the research…
No tree is photographed with more love than the olive — and for good reason. Its beauty is really a record of…
Texas has been called the next frontier for American olive oil — the ‘green gold’ rush. The promise is real, but so…
Decades of research link a Mediterranean-style diet, rich in olive oil, to a lower risk of heart disease. The evidence is genuinely…
When California’s olive growers earn a record price, it is usually the flip side of a small crop — a swing built…
By Judy Schultz, Photo by Chris Schwarz, When I was little, olives were reserved for special occasions. Only New Year’s Eve and…
‘May olives be eaten with the fingers? No — fingers should be eaten separately.’ Behind the old joke sits a real question:…