Trois olives sur un pique, dans un verre glacé : la garniture du martini est l’une des images les plus reconnaissables de l’art…
L’Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée “Olive de Nice” a été officiellement crée le 20 avril 2001 par un décret signé par les ministres concernés.…
Croatia makes some of the Mediterranean's finest olive oil and keeps almost all of it for itself. Behind its champion oils lies…
L'Iran cultive l'olivier dans les collines sèches de Kerman et au-delà, et aime revendiquer l'arbre comme sien. La vraie histoire de l'origine…
Les feuilles de l’olivier — d’ordinaire taillées et brûlées — regorgent des mêmes polyphénols protecteurs que l’huile, et peuvent aider d’autres huiles…
By Clarissa Hyman, The hills or, rather, the imposing mountains of the Spanish Pyrenees, were alive with the sound of sniffing and…
La partie la plus gaspillée de l'olivier est peut-être la plus utile : les feuilles, taillées par tonnes chaque année, regorgent de l'antioxydant…
When Istrian olive oil won EU protected-origin status, a small peninsula got a big stamp of quality. Here's what a PDO actually…
Cold-pressed rapeseed oil markets itself as a local, low-saturated-fat rival to olive oil. How do the two actually compare on fat, flavour,…
L'huile d'olive est bonne pour vous — mais pas pour tout ce que prétend Internet. Voici un tri honnête entre ce que…
Les dégustations à l'aveugle prouvent toujours la même chose : le prix dit peu d'une bonne huile d'olive. Comment goûter comme un jury,…
La mouche de l’olive est le pire ennemi du producteur — un petit insecte capable de ruiner toute une récolte de l’intérieur,…
By Sade Oguntola, OLIVE oil, the centerpiece of the Mediterranean diet, a regime long associated with healthy heart and improved blood flow,…
Sicily quietly makes some of Italy's most characterful olive oil — and its Nocellara del Belice is that rare olive equally brilliant…
A spoonful of Provençal olive tapenade turns an ordinary steak into something memorable. Here's how to make a proper tapenade, why the…
L’huile d’olive française est modeste en volume mais riche en origines protégées — Nîmes, Corse, Nyons et d’autres, chaque AOP liant une huile…
Chaque printemps, les fêtes de l'olivier reviennent dans le Midi. Mi-foire, mi-sauvetage patrimonial — et la raison pour laquelle l'olivier a survécu…
Tapenade is Provence in a jar — olives, capers and anchovy pounded to a dark paste. Its real story, the black-versus-green split,…
‘The Mediterranean diet in a pill’ is a tempting pitch — olive-oil benefits without the calories. But a polyphenol capsule leaves out…
Spain is the world's biggest olive-oil producer, and its oils will do far more in your kitchen than dress a salad. A…
The world's growing appetite for olive oil has poured new hope into rural North Africa. Behind the optimism sit real strengths —…
Long before the olive reached the New World, the Americas had their own defining seasoning : the chilli pepper, cultivated for some 6,000…
Toutes les huiles d'olive ne se valent pas. Origine, variété, saison et grade changent ce qu'il y a dans la bouteille —…
L'huile d'olive AOC Nice repose sur une petite olive brune, le Cailletier, et donne une huile réputée douce et tout en finesse.…
Une vraie pate d'olives Kalamata, c'est trois choses bien faites : de bonnes olives, de la retenue, et le bon sens d'arreter le…
Olive oil keeps knocking on India's door — a huge market that respects it as medicine but rarely reaches for it at…
A silky roasted-pepper soup finished with raw oil, served with warm olive cornbread — a study in using good olive oil two…
Australia harvests when the northern groves are dormant, so its extra virgin can be the freshest oil on a European or American…
Tasting notes from Spain By Reggie Aspiras, OLIVE OIL TASTING IS AN ART. Among the many activities at Madrid Fusion were olive…
California built a real olive culture on the back of small family firms that cure, stuff and jar their own fruit —…
Olives vertes pour les hommes, noires pour les femmes : le vieux folklore aphrodisiaque est charmant mais mince. Voici ce que l'olive apporte…
Table-olive picking in western Crete is a family ritual of nets, patience and the local Tsounati — and the cracked green olives…
A raw olive-and-caper salsa is the sharpest thing you can spoon over grilled fish — bright, salty and made in five minutes.…
Medals and 'best chemical composition' make good marketing — but what does an olive oil award actually tell you, and what does…
Les pigeons raffolent-ils des olives ? Pas vraiment. Les oiseaux qui comptent pour l’olivier sont ceux qui avalent le fruit entier et emportent…
By Scott Kaul Photo Whitney Ramirez, When connoisseurs think of Lodi, they of course think of fine wine. But George Cecchetti and…
Les villes adorent l'olivier comme arbre d'alignement : robuste, résistant à la sécheresse, persistant. Mais avant qu'un quartier n'en plante une rangée, il…
Olive oil is the only oil pressed as a fresh fruit juice and eaten as-is. Here is a grounded look at why…
Pakistan has spent years trying to turn its dry northern hills into olive country. The ambition is real and the land is…
Une terrine froide de fromage et d'olives est une pièce maîtresse qui se prépare à l'avance et ne demande presque aucun savoir-faire…
Green olives and black olives are not different varieties — they are the same fruit at different stages of ripeness. Here is…
L'Algérie est un grand producteur d'huile d'olive que presque personne ne goûte à l'étranger : elle garde tout, pressé sur les vieux Chemlal…
Pakistan owns millions of wild olive trees. Grafting them with fruiting European cultivars is a slow, clever piece of botany that can…
Lab work has shown the phenols in extra virgin olive oil can knock back H. pylori, the ulcer bug. Promising — but…
By Tarek Amara and Zakia Abdennebi, TUNIS/RABAT (Reuters) – The world’s growing taste for olive oil is pouring new life into parts…
‘I hate olives’ almost always means ‘I’ve only met one’ — the pimento-stuffed cocktail green. The world of olives is far bigger…
Pendant quelques années grisantes, on a planté des oliveraies australiennes comme abris fiscaux. Quand les règles ont changé en 2009, l’essor s’est…
That suspiciously cheap bottle of 'olive oil' on the market stall is often olive-pomace oil — the lowest grade, chemically extracted from…
L’Algérie fait partie des principaux pays méditerranéens dont le climat est des plus propices à la culture de l’olivier. Elle se positionne…
Long before anyone pressed the olive for oil, they were brewing its leaves. Olive leaf tea is a gentle, grassy, faintly bitter…
A raw olive is inedible — bitter to the point of pain. Curing is how we tame it, and you can do…
By Sarah Vine, Claims that olive-leaf extract is a ‘miracle’ fighter of disease have caused a great commotion in Athens, reports Peta…
Like wine, olive oil is shaped by region, climate and vintage — but unlike wine, the young oil is the best. A…
Bien avant qu'on presse l'olive pour son huile, on infusait ses feuilles. La tisane de feuilles d'olivier est une boisson douce, herbacee,…
Steam-distilled citrus, coriander and ginger folded into a good extra virgin — infused olive oils sit at the crossroads of the kitchen…
Why the olive tree, of all trees, became the enduring symbol of peace — and why planting one is a promise measured…
Australia has near-perfect conditions for table olives, yet still imports most of what it eats. Turning that around comes down to one…
A supermarket once pulled thousands of jars of Kalamata tapenade over a glass-fragment scare. Years on, it is a small, useful lesson…
Salty little cheese biscuits studded with black Nicoise olives — the savoury bite that vanishes fastest off any drinks table, and the…
Un supermarché a un jour retiré des milliers de bocaux de tapenade de Kalamata à cause d'une alerte aux éclats de verre.…
Des olives tièdes à l'ail, au romarin et à un peu de piment dans une bonne huile : le moyen le plus simple…
The heart-health story around olive oil is real but oversold. Here is what the fat and the phenols actually do — and…
L'olive du martini est la plus célèbre que presque personne ne goûte vraiment. Voici ce qui a sa place dans le verre…
The unglamorous farm show is where a modern olive industry actually gets built — new machines, new methods, and the knowledge that…
When Greek TV claimed olive-leaf juice could cure cancer, shops sold out and a family feud turned deadly. The compound is real…
A stuffed olive is the original two-bite snack. Here are the three classic fillings, the knack of getting them in — and…
Des olives épicées tièdes — vertes et kalamata sautées dans une huile fruitée avec ail, romarin et citron — sont le tapas…
A craggy, chewy loaf shot through with salty Kalamata olives and sweet sun-dried tomato — the kind of bread that needs nothing…
A slow Greek-style stew of veal, eggplant and Kalamata olives — where the olives are not a garnish but the seasoning that…
Umbria, the green heart of Italy, makes some of the country's finest oil from hand-picked Moraiolo and Frantoio — and its harvest…
By Mel White, One of the first things I noticed when I moved into my apartment here in Chula Vista, California-a few…
By Rasheeda Bhagat, “Though it is said that olives will not grow in India, I do not believe that this is true.…
By Evie Barkin, The difference between green and black olives lies in their ripeness. Green olives are picked while unripe, which makes…
Des études de laboratoire trouvent régulièrement que les polyphénols de l'olive ralentissent ou tuent des cellules cancéreuses dans une boîte. C'est réel…
A spoon of tapenade and a pan of pasta is dinner in the time the water boils — an intense, no-cook olive…
By Teddye Snell, Thomas Jefferson called the olive tree “the richest gift of heaven.” The man was a visionary – even when…
Old Bar, in the shadow of Montenegro's Mount Rumija, planned a 'House of Olives' museum. The real story is the ancient olive…
Une épave au large de la Terre sainte, sa cale pleine d’olives, ouvre une fenêtre sur un aliment qui fut cargaison, commerce…
An olive mill is a surprisingly hungry machine — all that crushing, malaxing and spinning runs on power. That is why more…
By Abigail Leichman, Pic Peter Monses, Fruit of distinction: Olives come from six continents, and their preparation and flavors are a reflection…
When a Spanish giant bought France's best-known olive brand, it was a small story with a big lesson: the name on the…
Lemon and green olives is one of the great savoury pairings, perfected in the Moroccan tagine. Here is why it works —…
Good olive oil in a pudding is not a gimmick — it is a centuries-old idea that top kitchens rediscovered. The trick…
Olive oil is a political commodity as much as a food. Subsidies, tariffs and trade disputes quietly shape what a bottle costs…
Quelle huile d’olive choisir ? La réponse tient en un mot : polyphénols. Plus une huile en est riche, plus elle est intéressante —…
Pillowy gnocchi, a quick tomato sauce lifted with olives and torn basil — a ten-minute supper that leans on the storecupboard and…
On enduit la peau et les cheveux d'huile d'olive depuis aussi longtemps qu'on la presse. Voici ce qu'elle fait vraiment pour vous…
Quand le prix de l'huile d'olive flambe, ce n'est presque jamais un seul coupable. Dans un pays comme le Maroc, sécheresse, alternance…
Le savoir-faire le plus utile en cuisine avec l'huile d'olive, c'est de savoir quelle bouteille saisir. Les huiles délicates finissent les mets…
The Tuscan harvest looks unchanged in millennia — nets, ladders, hands on the branch. But the details explain why Tuscan oil is…
La Turquie est l’une des grandes puissances mondiales de l’olive, cachée en pleine lumière. Sa côte égéenne produit une récolte immense —…
Turkey holds an olive fair and congress in Istanbul, and it is worth asking why. This is one of the world's great…
Vierge extra, vierge, pure, légère, première pression à froid — les mots sur une étiquette d'huile d'olive sont moitié information, moitié théâtre.…
Un arbre à feuilles persistantes pris dans un gel intense n'a nulle part où se cacher. Voici comment le froid blesse l'olivier,…
The olive tree drew a map of the Mediterranean long before anyone drew borders. Its slow spread west — and its rise…
South Africa’s Western Cape has quietly become a serious olive-oil region — young, ambitious, and harvesting in the northern hemisphere’s spring.
Characteristics vary with different blends and methods of preparation, giving a variety of flavors and colors. By Marlene Parrish, Extra-virgin olive oils…
La Tunisie est un géant de l’huile d’olive qui, depuis vingt ans, s’est donné une mission : cesser de vendre son huile en…
Food containing olive oil can carry labels saying it may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, the government says, citing limited…
The story keeps repeating: someone starts importing good olive oil from a handful of family farms, supplies a few delis, and finds…
A new olive oil refinery in Aydin is a reminder that Turkey is a first-rank olive power — and a chance to…
Baked white fish with green olives, garlic and good oil is a five-minute assembly that tastes like an afternoon's work. The trick…
There are so many different brands and varieties of olive oil on the store shelves. Which one should I choose? –Malka There…
Green or black? Why so bitter raw? Is dear oil worth it? The same handful of questions come up again and again…
Olive focaccia is the easiest way to bake the Mediterranean into your kitchen — good bread, good oil, good olives, and a…
Pesto and olives are one of those effortless pairings that make a whole dinner out of a near-empty fridge. Here is why…
Not a sad sprig of garnish, but a salad built on parsley itself — a vivid green tangle of herbs, olives and…
Syria is one of the oldest olive lands on earth, with native varieties barely known in the West. Cooking fish under a…
Extra virgin, virgin, 'pure', light, pomace — the label words hide real differences. A short, honest guide to the grades, and to…
Hand-held combs and shakers let one picker do the work of several — but speed has a cost, in jobs, in trees…
Most supermarket olive oil is not bottled where it was grown. It crosses the world in bulk and is packed near you…
Yes — green and black olives come from the same tree. The only difference is ripeness: green is picked young, black is…
Locals finally told him that Mission olives should be harvested ripe, not green, for oil. By Kristin Ohlson, OROVILLE, CALIF. – From…
Homer called it liquid gold, athletes rubbed it on their skin, kings were anointed with it. Strip away the myth and olive…
Study after study links olive oil to healthier hearts and gentler blood pressure. The signal is real — but it is the…
Olive pomace — the paste left after pressing — carries compounds like maslinic acid that intrigue laboratories. What that means, minus the…
Meknès et le Moyen Atlas sont le cœur vert du pays de l'olivier marocain — patrie de la Picholine marocaine et d'un…
Dans les montagnes de Kabylie, l'huile d'olive est un patrimoine familial — et une maigre récolte, portée par la sécheresse et le…
Black-olive and mushroom crostini: a five-ingredient Mediterranean starter that turns a bit of bread, a handful of olives and some mushrooms into…
Nets under the trees, rakes in the branches, cold fingers on a hillside — the olive harvest looks timeless because it nearly…
Buying olives, oil and tapenade direct from a producer can be wonderful — or a way to pay a premium for the…
Lebanon presses oil from some of the oldest olive trees on earth. Its native Baladi, terraced mountain groves and deep tradition make…
La Tunisie est l'une des grandes nations de l'huile d'olive — grand producteur et énorme exportateur — pourtant l'essentiel de son huile…
Quelle huile, et quand ? Un regard sans détour sur l'huile d'olive face aux huiles végétales courantes — par type de gras, saveur…
Marinated olives with rosemary and garlic: take good olives and a day’s patience, and turn a plain bowl into the best thing…
A line about one Spanish group circling Italian olive-oil brands is a window onto the real business : many of the famous 'Italian'…
A green olive to stop hiccups is an old family remedy with no proof and a plausible mechanism. Here is why it…
The olive fruit fly is the single worst pest of the olive — and neglected, feral and ornamental trees are the reservoir…
Summarized by Robert W. Griffith, MD Summary Polyphenols in olive oil represent components which are unrelated to monounsaturated fatty acids, and can…
Les concours d'huile d'olive distribuent des milliers de médailles par an. Certaines sont un vrai signal de qualité ; d'autres ne valent presque…
Tasting olive oil like a professional takes five minutes and no equipment — and once you know that bitter and peppery are…
Olive oil has two great enemies: light and air. Store it cool, dark and sealed and a good bottle lasts a year;…
A shop where you taste the oil before you buy it, then have it poured fresh from a steel tank into a…