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By David Cousins, It’s tempting – but maybe a bit premature – to say that the reign of olive oil as the king of culinary oils is drawing to a close. We Britons buy £104m-worth of it every year, according to market research company Mintel, and sales are still climbing. In fact the value of […]

Check out the supermarket aisle for olive oils, and you’ll be dazzled by dozens of drizzlers. So the Good Housekeeping Food Kitchen pros ran a blind taste test of 12 brands to find the best. The message: All extra virgin olive oils are not created equal. “Recently, we tasted a lot of extra virgin olive […]

By Sade Oguntola, OLIVE oil, the centerpiece of the Mediterranean diet, a regime long associated with healthy heart and improved blood flow, may prevent getting infected with the Helicobacter pylori bacteria, the cause of millions of gastric and peptic ulcer cases worldwide. Researchers from the Spanish Institute de la Grasa and the University Hospital of […]

By Florence Fabricant, Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli, the owners of Frankies 457 Spuntino in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, right, and Frankies Spuntino on the Lower East Side, went shopping for oil last year — in Sicily. After tasting many varieties, they found a small family producer that could supply enough mellow oil from organic nocellara […]

Deliver big flavors from your kitchen by using a leading chef’s secret: “Elevate the flavors of any meal by using olive oil from Spain in recipes that call simply for oil,” according to award-winning culinary innovator José Andrés. “The unique flavor and smooth, vibrant taste of olive oil from Spain adds depth of flavor to […]