Archive for 2007

22 Sep

Pumpkin couscous salad with Olives

Recipe by Sophia Young, Photography by Andrew Lehmann,

22 Sep

All you need to know about Olive Oil

Do you want to eat and live healthy? Many says olive oil, the cooking oil with the highest level of monounsaturated fatty acids, is the right product to ensure your healthy life. Here is all you need to know about olive oil. Olive oil is used abundantly in cooking, baking and marinating throughout the Mediterranean […]

22 Sep

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 at a promotion campaign for olive oil and table olives organised by the International Olive Council in Delhi on Thursday, his reply was simple. “Of course it can, that’s a no brainer”. Indian […]

21 Sep

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

“Un aïeul pour le planter, un père pour le tailler et toute une descendance pour récolter…”. La légende dit que l’olivier est immortel. Il est vrai que des pousses reconstituent l’arbre quand le tronc est détruit, lui donnant une longévité exceptionnelle: jusqu’à 5000 ans! L’olivier appartient à la famille des oléacées, comme le frêne ou […]

21 Sep

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 becoming California’s hot new commodity for retailers and restaurateurs alike. “The market has grown dramatically,” said Matthieu Kohlneyer of La Tourangelle, an artisan producer of specialty and organic oils, in Woodland. “A lot […]