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California suppliers cash in on burgeoning demand. By Eric Leach, Rosemarie Fusano was born into the olive oil business in the 1940s San Fernando Valley, where signs along the highway once proclaimed Sylmar the biggest olive-growing area in the world. Over the next few decades, the industry in the Valley dried up when cheaper vegetable […]

From December through February, guests can enjoy the authentic flavor of the Wine Country with an olive-inspired getaway package. This winter, The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort & Spa, pays tribute to Sonoma’s “star” – the olive – with its Olive Festival package. Offered in tandem with Sonoma’s annual three-month-long Olive Festival, the package […]

Yellingbo, a nature reserve in southern Australia, is adjacent to olive groves that Howard Meltzer planted more than 10 years ago. Mr. Meltzer and his son, Jeremy, are now selling Yellingbo Gold oils from the 2006 harvest that will hold their own when drizzled on fish or vegetables. The unfiltered black label Limited Release version […]

Judith Snively, importer, promoter and distributor of the Kardámili line of olive oils, holds a tasting demonstration in the specialty foods section of Spec’s in Midtown. About $340,000 of Chilean olive oil was imported to the U.S. this year through September. By Jelania Moreno, At the Spec’s store in Midtown, Houstonian Stefanos Giannaris tasted bread […]

Increasingly, people in the United States are finding out that cooking is a creative process, a string of conscious choices, instead of an exact science. Typically, we must hand pick our ingredients, testing them for freshness and flavor. We must choose which knives to cut them with and which pans to cook them in. We […]