Archive for the 'North America' Category

21 Sep

Huile d’olive extra-vierge Laudemio, I Mori

Par Robert Beauchemin, L’appellation Laudemio est unique aux huiles d’olives commercialisées au centre de la Toscane par une petite trentaine de producteurs seulement, dont I Mori, près de Florence. Ces huiles de qualité exceptionnelle, extraites à l’intérieur de limites géographiques précises selon des normes strictes et réglementées, présentent des standards de production parmi les plus […]

21 Sep

Easy to be impressed with pressed olive oil

by Nancy Berkoff, Olives have different tastes, depending on the climate in which they are grown, the soil, the type and age of tree and the degree of ripeness at which they are picked. This means that olive oils have different tastes as well. For olive oil, you can add in the method in which […]

20 Sep

Growers say olive oil crop is slipping

By Suzanne Ashe, Extreme weather, relentless fruit flies and a bumper crop last year have contributed to a meager harvest this fall for Mother Lode olive oil producers. “The current olive crop (in California) is down 65 percent,” said Tuolumne County Agricultural Commissioner Paul Rainey. “This is the leanest crop this area has seen in […]

20 Sep

Shaken, stirred and stuffed

By Chris Sherman, Times photo: Bob Croslin The classic martini is making a comeback, but its iconic accompaniment – the green olive – has gone gourmet. Which came first, the olive or the chocolate martini? Sure, it was the olive from those grand old trees, but the tale of the two is not so simple. […]

18 Sep

Kiwi olive oil for US gourmets

By Kay Blundell, Olive oil from Kapiti and Hawke’s Bay has been picked to grace the tables of an exclusive 3000-member olive oil club in the United States. David Rosengarten, one of the world’s leading authorities on food, wine and cooking and a leading light on American television’s Food Network, has selected extra virgin oil […]