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By Sade Oguntola, OLIVE oil, the centerpiece of the Mediterranean diet, a regime long associated with healthy heart and improved blood flow, may prevent getting infected with the Helicobacter pylori bacteria, the cause of millions of gastric and peptic ulcer cases worldwide. Researchers from the Spanish Institute de la Grasa and the University Hospital of […]

By Florence Fabricant, Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli, the owners of Frankies 457 Spuntino in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, right, and Frankies Spuntino on the Lower East Side, went shopping for oil last year — in Sicily. After tasting many varieties, they found a small family producer that could supply enough mellow oil from organic nocellara […]

By Carol Mighton Haddix, Looking for a quick, romantic recipe for two? You can always count on steak. Pick up two quick-cooking rib-eye or strip steaks, then make them special with a topping of tapenade, a Provencal olive mixture. This dish uses the topping from “The Best 30-Minute Recipes” by the editors of Cook’s Illustrated […]

Europe: enregistrement de 28 dénominations de produits agricoles La Commission européenne a ajouté 27 dénominations de produits agricoles et alimentaires à la liste des appellations d’origine protégées (AOP) et indications géographiques protégées (IGP). Pour la France, il s’agit de l’Huile d’olive de Nîmes (AOP), de l’Huile d’olive de Corse, ou Huile d’olive de Corse-Oliu di […]

Nîmes Métropole, la Chambre d’Agriculture du Gard et l’ensemble des partenaires de l’opération feront de Nîmes, le temps d’un week-end, la capitale méditerranéenne de l’olivier. Pour cette 9e édition qui se tiendra les 31 mars et 1er avril, le thème retenu est : «Santé, Bien-être, Gastronomie», afin de valoriser les bienfaits, les vertus et les […]