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Sixth annual Blessing of the Olives — 10 a.m. Dec. 2. Father Aurelio will give the traditional blessing, followed by an Olive Harvest Tasting featuring local artisan olives, olive oils, cheeses, wines and breads. Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, East Spain and First Street East, Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma. $10. 707-996-1090, www.olivefestival.com. www.olivefestival.com [Source] Click […]

By Stacey Delo, MarketWatch When cooking at home, chef Michael Chiarello enjoys wild-fennel olive oil drizzled over roasted quail. He makes the fennel oil from scratch, warming a cup of olive oil with a quarter cup of fennel, then straining the mixture through a coffee filter. Mr. Chiarello is the host of the Food Network […]

By Gary Klien, The McEvoy Ranch is always finding new ways to squeeze money from olives. This holiday season, the Northern Marin olive-oil producer is launching a new line of olive-oil based body products called “Verde.” The line includes body lotion, hand cream and a body scrub made from the same 100-percent organic oil the […]

Fresno State Orchards Estate Reserve Olive Oil – California State University, Fresno’s very first pressing – won a bronze medal at the prestigious San Diego Bay Wine and Food Festival. Harvested and processed a year ago and bottled in March, the university’s olive oil joins Fresno State wines as an award-winning, student-produced agricultural product recognized […]

Par Robert Beauchemin, Photo Bernard Brault Produites au centre des collines toscanes, dans la vallée d’Orcia, ces huiles au nez bien végétal et au parfum d’herbes fraîchement coupées sont exceptionnelles. Cela ne me surprend pas qu’elles soient mises bien en évidence dans la cuisine de Maria Loggia. Puissantes et onctueuses, ardentes en finale, ces huiles […]