When a big oil bottler's profits fall in a bad harvest year, it is not mismanagement — it is the whole olive…
Le Maroc a les arbres, le soleil et une olive emblématique — la Picholine marocaine. Ce qui lui a longtemps manqué, c'est…
By Jody Godfrey, Olive oil (not Popeye’s girl) is the “oil” and it is worth its weight in gold! The general health…
You do not need a certificate to judge olive oil — just a glass, your nose and a few honest habits. Here…
A cooperative pressing olives on an old mine site in far-western New South Wales says a lot about Australian olive oil: young,…
Olive oil is tasted much like wine — and the professionals do it from a small blue glass, warmed in the hand,…
Sonoma and the North Coast built California's early reputation for fine olive oil — but the centre of gravity has been sliding…
Australia came late to olive oil and turned that into an advantage: young groves, modern mills, a harvest six months out of…
Par R.E, Le Maroc prévoit la mise en service de la première unité incluant dix fermes avec des oliveraies et utilisant les…
A savoury tart that marries wilted silverbeet, salty Kalamata olives and a parmesan short crust — a rustic Mediterranean supper that rewards…
By Núria Roig, Extra virgin olive oil has become such a symbol of healthy eating that it is hard to believe that…
Olive oil arrived late in Indian kitchens and still competes with cheaper ‘heart-healthy’ oils like canola. Here is how it actually fits…
Le feu a ravagé plus d'une fois le pays des olives grecques, emportant des arbres plus vieux que les villages qui les…
While the rest of the Mediterannean consumes most of the olive oil it produces, olive oil consumption in Turkey is the lowest…
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…
One tin, one oven, almost no work: chicken roasted with tomatoes, olives, garlic and good oil until everything turns sweet, salty and…
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…
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:…
Grapeseed, walnut, argan, sesame, truffle: a clear-eyed guide to the specialty oils beyond olive — which are for heat, which are for…
Paso Robles s'est fait un nom dans le vin — puis a découvert que ses collines chaudes convenaient tout aussi bien à…
Extra virgin olive oil has been wrapped in snob value that does it no favours. Strip away the mystique and it is…
Une récolte d'olives californienne peut bondir à plusieurs fois celle de l'année d'avant — puis se voir discrètement rognée par un manque…
Every olive pressed leaves a mountain of skins, pulp and pits behind — and that waste is quietly becoming fuel. How olive-mill…
When drought slashes an olive harvest — as it has in Turkey’s Aegean groves — it exposes how a famously tough tree…
Olive, tournesol et colza (canola) sont les trois grandes huiles alimentaires — mais elles sont fabriquées de façons radicalement différentes. Comprenez l'extraction,…
Relever de simples olives au piment, à l'ail, aux agrumes et à une bonne huile est l'un des gestes les plus faciles…
Le régime méditerranéen est reconnu par l’UNESCO comme patrimoine culturel immatériel — et l’huile d’olive en est le cœur. Voici ce qu’est…
You will often hear that extra virgin olive oil is too delicate to cook with and turns toxic when heated. Most of…
Snack-pack olives in a resealable pouch, flavoured with chilli or herbs, sold as a healthier crisp: the marinated-olive boom is clever marketing…
Fat spent decades as the villain of the dinner table, and the story turned out to be more nuanced. Here is the…
'Extra virgin' is the top rung of the olive-oil ladder — a legally defined grade, not a marketing flourish. Here is exactly…
When a stand of two-century-old olive trees is felled, a living monument disappears. It happens more than it should — and it…
Here is a very complete article by Peggy Trowbridge Filippone, on Olives and Olive Oil which includes history, information on olive varieties,…
Olive oil is often sold as a wrinkle cure. The truth is gentler and more honest: it is a fine emollient and…
Or, vert d'herbe, citrine pâle — l'huile d'olive prend bien des teintes, et l'on y lit beaucoup de choses. Presque toutes sont…
Pourquoi une olive vraiment bonne est-elle si difficile à trouver ? La réponse est dans la façon dont on les prépare, les teinte…
When the International Olive Council reports world output rising, it is worth knowing who actually grows the oil, why the figures swing…
Almost all the world's olive oil comes from a thin ring of Mediterranean countries, led overwhelmingly by Spain. The industry's long game…
Pourquoi les producteurs vont-ils encore apprendre en Sicile ? Parce que l'olive verte de table est vraiment difficile à réussir — et parce…
Pan-fried lamb with a warm garlic, lemon and Kalamata olive sauce — a fast, bright, Mediterranean plate that turns four good ingredients…
Laboratory work suggests the polyphenols in extra virgin olive oil can fight Helicobacter pylori, the stomach bug behind most ulcers. It is…
Olive oil is one of the most adulterated foods on earth, so laboratories have built a whole toolkit to catch the fakes…
L'argent public pour replanter et rajeunir des oliveraies vieillissantes est un thème récurrent au Maghreb. Derrière le gros titre se cache une…
La Tunisie est l'une des grandes puissances mondiales de l'huile d'olive — pourtant l'essentiel de sa production part en vrac, anonyme. Voici…
Green and black barely scratch the surface. A field guide to the olive bar — and the trade secret behind that glistening…
Maslinic acid, a waxy compound in olive skin and pomace, has drawn real laboratory interest — but the honest story is a…
Iran is one of the newer olive nations, with a young-tree nursery trade and export ambitions — here is how that fits…
As the demand for healthier food alternative grows, a top Spanish grower is bringing ‘green gold’ rush to the state By Jenalia…
Somewhere between hummus and tapenade: chickpeas, salty olives, lemon and good oil blitzed into a savoury dip that never lasts long.
Great extra virgin now comes from vineyards far outside the Mediterranean — and, like wine, it should be tasted, judged and matched…
How California turned a Spanish hedgerow trick into an olive-oil industry — super-high-density planting, mechanical harvest, and Arbequina by the acre.
By Melanie Cleveland, One of four franchises of the Paso Robles based gourmet shop is slated to open later this month in…
One of the world’s biggest olive producers, quietly. Why Turkey’s Aegean oil is so good, so cheap — and so often bottled…
Olive groves have long tempted investors with the promise of a romantic, tax-friendly crop — but the tree keeps its own slow…
By Glenn Wallace, Father Michael Mahoney, pastor of Mission Santa Inès, speaks at a Wednesday morning press conference. “Where I stand is…
Turkey's Aegean olive belt is on the front line of a hotter, wilder climate. Here is why heat, drought and hail hit…
Why olive oil seems to guard the heart: the Mediterranean-diet research, the LDL-oxidation idea, and what a cook can sensibly take from…
Sos Cuetara SA expects a record olive oil harvest in 2007-2008, against a medium-term backdrop which does not anticipate any surprise negative…
Warm goat’s cheese under a cap of green and black tapenade — a Provençal trick that turns two humble jars into a…
The olive is famously frugal — almost nothing is wasted. Stones, pomace, leaves and mill water all get a second life, including…
Australia came late to the olive and did it its own way — big, modern, mechanised groves in a Southern-Hemisphere season. Here…
Par Christian Bauer, Ingénieur, naturopathe, thérapeute L’une des choses primordiales afin de consommer des huiles de qualité est de les acheter biologiques…
The Environment Ministry will establish a pilot plant by the end of this year to treat the liquid residue of the olive-pressing…
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…
The hardest thing to find on an olive-oil label is the truth — here is how to read past the vague, the…
‘Bottled in Italy’ is not ‘grown in Italy’. How olive-oil origin labels really work — and how to read the small print…
Can olive oil help with blood pressure? The honest, de-hyped answer: as part of a Mediterranean diet it may help a little…
Spain makes more olive oil than any country on earth — often more than the rest combined. The story of how, and…
From ancient amphorae to Van Gogh’s silver-green groves, the olive has been a favourite of painters for millennia — both a humble…
A drought that ruins other farmers can hand olive growers their best crop. Here is the counter-intuitive reason dry, warm weather can…
From fruit to bottle in a day: how a modern mill turns whole olives into extra virgin, and why every step is…
A bowl of olives beats almost anything in the crisp aisle — whole fruit, good fats, real flavour. With one honest caveat…
Wezi Tjaronda Windhoek Olive farming has great potential to become one of Namibia’s most important commercial crops. When all the olive trees…
A rich olive pâté built on oil-cured black olives, sweet roasted garlic and melted Brie or Fontina — a warmer, softer cousin…
Around the Mediterranean, olive oil gets its own museums — whole buildings for a ‘salad dressing’. Spend a moment with the history…
The perfect make-ahead party bite: crisp parmesan toasts, ricotta, tapenade and slow-roast tomato, built from four components you can prep in advance…
Éclipsées par la Toscane et l'Ombrie, les Marches d'Italie font discrètement des huiles élégantes et délicates — souvent issues du doux Leccino.…
Nobody bites a raw olive twice — so how did anyone discover they were worth eating? The answer is the whole craft…
Food, fuel, soap, medicine, cosmetics — olive oil has served every one. A look at the most versatile substance in the store…
Crushed olive stones can pull toxic chromium out of factory waste water by biosorption — a cheap, clean use for a residue…
Droits de douane, quotas et vrac décident autant de votre huile qu’une oliveraie. Guide clair de la mécanique commerciale derrière la bouteille…
Olive oil earns its heart-friendly reputation honestly — mostly monounsaturated fat, eaten in place of worse fats, as part of a whole…
A little California town named 'the olives' throws a jazz-and-olive festival every year. Behind the party lies a real story of Mission…
California’s emerging olive-oil industry hears a call for quality surpassing “extra-virgin” that will stand out in a troubled, competitive market. By Jim…
The deli olive bar promises abundance and choice — but behind the glistening trays is a supply chain worth understanding before you…
Between the Caucasus mountains and the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan quietly grows olives and pomegranates — a reminder that the olive map is…
That peppery sting at the back of your throat from a fresh extra virgin is oleocanthal — a natural compound that behaves…