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Month: September 2007

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Due to poor Israeli harvest, olive oil prices to rise 20 percent

A bad harvest lifts olive-oil prices, and the headline blames the weather. The deeper cause is stranger: the olive tree keeps its…

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d’immenses terres agricoles Algériennes inexploitées

L'Algerie a des oliviers et un patrimoine oleicole en abondance — et un ecart chronique entre ce que ses vergers pourraient donner…

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Sidi Bouathmane, Maroc: Une oliveraie en «libre-service»

Une grande part de l'huile d'olive marocaine se fait encore à la maâsra, le moulin de pierre traditionnel — trouble, rustique et…

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Pre-harvest Tour & Feast at the Historic Wolfskill Ranch

When to pick is the biggest decision in olive oil — earlier and greener means fierce and healthy; later and riper means…

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Do Ancient Olive Trees Make Better Oil?

« Huile d'arbres centenaires » : cela sonne forcément comme exceptionnel — et les producteurs le savent. Mais l'âge de l'arbre change-t-il vraiment ce qu'il…

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Qazvin, the second Olive producer of Iran

In the valleys of Qazvin, on the road between Tehran and the Caspian, sits the heart of Iran's olive country — a…

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All about Californian olive oil

California reinvented olive oil twice: first as a canned black olive, then as a fresh, hedge-row extra virgin that competes on youth…

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L’olive : une amie qui vous veut du bien!

Qu’elles soient consommées à l’apéritif, en salade ou en plat cuisiné, entières ou dénoyautées, farcies ou aromatisées, les olives de table flattent…

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We Olive: Strike oil in San Luis Obispo

California's olive-oil tasting rooms turned buying oil into an experience — sampling varietals like wine, discovering flavoured oils and vinegars. It is…

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East Coast Olive Oil grand opening

A new olive-oil plant opens far from any olive grove — and quietly explains your supermarket shelf. Most store-brand oil is imported…

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Comvita completes Olive Products Australia takeover

Les feuilles de l’olivier, et pas seulement son fruit, sont devenues un commerce de compléments bâti autour d’une molécule : l’oleuropéine. Voici la…

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The Skinny on Oils

Cooking oils are not interchangeable. A calm, de-hyped guide to how olive oil compares with the rest — smoke points, fat types,…

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Turning olive pits into energy

After you’ve enjoyed a tangy olive, don’t throw away the pit – it could soon be providing a clean, green answer to…

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Pakistani Governement has planned to enhance olive oil production

Pakistan has millions of wild olive trees already growing in its hills — the whole strategy is to graft them over to…

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Four Sisters win top NZ Olive Oil Award

New Zealand is too cool and too far south to grow olives the easy way. That handicap is exactly why its best…

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Torres y Ribelles, a Spanish Olive Oil Producer

Spain is the colossus of olive oil — it makes more than any other country on earth, from a deep bench of…

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Israeli firms eye olive farming in Maharashtra, India

Can the Mediterranean's signature tree grow in India? A serious experiment in the deserts of Rajasthan — using Israeli intensive technology —…

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Couscous Salad with Olives, Herbs and Lemon

Fluffy couscous, plenty of herbs, salty olives and a sharp lemon dressing — a quick, packable salad that gets better as it…

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All you need to know about Olive Oil

A short, honest history of olive oil — from mythical origins and ancient trade to Roman provinces, medieval Tuscany and the New…

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Can Indian food be cooked in olive oil?

By Rasheeda Bhagat, Can Indian food be cooked in olive oil? When this question was posed to celebrated Indian chef Sanjeev Kapur…

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L’olive: verte ou noire, un même “fruit du soleil”

Olives vertes et noires ne sont pas deux fruits mais un seul, cueilli à des moments différents — et la couleur sur…

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Grapeseed oil a hot new offering for restaurants

By Elisabeth Kalfsbeek, While it is produced in Europe and South America as a byproduct of wine grapes, grapeseed oil is fast…

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Oomerbhoy (RRO) to grab 15% olive oil market in India

India's olive-oil boom was built less on extra virgin than on the humblest grade of all — olive-pomace oil, sold to a…

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Lebanese artificial coal made of olive residues

Every olive is used twice. After the oil is pressed, the leftover skins, pulp and crushed stones are dried and burned as…

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California farmers go after olive oil mislabeled extra virgin

By Sudhin Thanawala, MARTINEZ, Calif.—Later this fall, Tom Powers will harvest his olives and press them into his Alhambra Valley brand authentic…

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ChefShop.com, announces its support of The Jasmine Foundation

Australia arrived late to olive oil and turned that into an advantage: fresh-crushed, dated, southern-hemisphere extra virgin that lands when the northern…

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South Australia’s Pendleton Olive Oil Estate took out two champion medals

A deli line from a supermarket brand of Australian olive oil won a champion’s medal at last week’s Sydney Royal Fine Food…

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How to Make Real Olive Tapenade

Real Provençal tapenade is a coarse, salty paste of olives, capers and anchovy — five minutes to make, a week in the…

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Le nec plus ultra de l’oléiculture au Maroc : 10 fermes de 1000 hectares d’oliviers

Le Maroc a voulu réinventer sa filière oléicole : immenses domaines modernes, goutte-à-goutte, ambition d'export — un pari sur la qualité qui a…

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Harissa marinated mixed olives

Chaudes, relevées au piment et prêtes en quelques minutes : comment marier de bonnes olives mélangées à une vraie harissa pilée maison —…

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Health News Choose virgin olive oil for heart benefits

The old advice to cook with olive oil for your heart was sound — but the grade, the harvest date and how…

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Sicilians olive oil maker losing faith in United States

By A. Craig Copetas, Beneath the precious fruit of an olive tree planted in 1776 outside the mountain hamlet of Sambuca di…

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Lesieur Cristal H1 profit tumbles on higher costs

When a big oil bottler's profits fall in a bad harvest year, it is not mismanagement — it is the whole olive…

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Agriculture Marocaine: Le coup de pouce de l’Usaid

Le Maroc a les arbres, le soleil et une olive emblématique — la Picholine marocaine. Ce qui lui a longtemps manqué, c'est…

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There’s oil, then there’s “oil.”

By Jody Godfrey, Olive oil (not Popeye’s girl) is the “oil” and it is worth its weight in gold! The general health…

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How To … Become an expert on olive oil

You do not need a certificate to judge olive oil — just a glass, your nose and a few honest habits. Here…

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Australia: Broken Hill welcomes olive oil funds boost

A cooperative pressing olives on an old mine site in far-western New South Wales says a lot about Australian olive oil: young,…

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olive oil taster by alessi of italy

Olive oil is tasted much like wine — and the professionals do it from a small blue glass, warmed in the hand,…

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California North Coast leads in olive oil production

Sonoma and the North Coast built California's early reputation for fine olive oil — but the centre of gravity has been sliding…

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Aussie olive oil popular in US kitchens

Australia came late to olive oil and turned that into an advantage: young groves, modern mills, a harvest six months out of…

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Un projet d’envergure et un plan national pour la production d’huile d’olive

Par R.E, Le Maroc prévoit la mise en service de la première unité incluant dix fermes avec des oliveraies et utilisant les…

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Silverbeet & olive tart with parmesan crust

A savoury tart that marries wilted silverbeet, salty Kalamata olives and a parmesan short crust — a rustic Mediterranean supper that rewards…

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Olive Oil, Your Health, Your Kitchen

By Núria Roig, Extra virgin olive oil has become such a symbol of healthy eating that it is hard to believe that…

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Dalmia launches Hudson Canola Oil in Punjab

Olive oil arrived late in Indian kitchens and still competes with cheaper ‘heart-healthy’ oils like canola. Here is how it actually fits…

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Quel avenir pour les olives grecques ?

Le feu a ravagé plus d'une fois le pays des olives grecques, emportant des arbres plus vieux que les villages qui les…

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Turkish Olive growers call for increased olive oil consumption

While the rest of the Mediterannean consumes most of the olive oil it produces, olive oil consumption in Turkey is the lowest…

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Huiles d’olive: Pas si vierges que ça

L’huile d’olive est l’un des aliments les plus falsifiés du rayon : de l’huile espagnole vendue pour italienne, de l’huile de graines ajoutée…

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Mediterranean Chicken Bake with Olives and Tomatoes

One tin, one oven, almost no work: chicken roasted with tomatoes, olives, garlic and good oil until everything turns sweet, salty and…

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Participation de la Tunisie au salon ”Sial Mercosur 2007” à Buenos Aires

La Tunisie est l'une des grandes puissances mondiales de l'huile d'olive — pourtant l'essentiel quitte le pays sans nom, en vrac, pour…