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Olives Olives are harvested in September but available year round to make a zesty addition to salads, meat and poultry dishes and, of course, pizza. Olives cannot be eaten right off of the tree; they require special processing to reduce their intrinsic bitterness. These processing methods vary with the olive variety, region where they are […]

Sounds so much like the modern equivalent of the old quest for the elixir of life. Is it true, or is it a beautiful jest? Let’s look at the report below: Why is olive oil so popular? WHO, WHAT, WHY? The Magazine answers… Sales of olive oil have gone up 39% in the last five […]

Ah, the holidays! Your heart is filled with cheer and your cup runneth over with joy to the world. And, unfortunately, so does your hors d’oeuvre plate. The month of December can feel like a 31-day snackathon. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with eating, drinking and being merry, but revelers should “strike a balance between […]

An emulsion of olive oil, egg yolk and glycerine might be just the recipe to keep heart patients away from the operating room and cardiac bypass surgery. That’s the finding of a study to be published in the January issue of the journal Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions led by Michael Savage, M.D., director, Cardiac Catheterization […]

By Steve Barnes, [Source] Click Here Large supermarkets offer a bewildering array of cooking oils. In many stores, the oils section is as long as a Cadillac. At six shelves high, that equals 90-plus feet of various-sized containers, from dainty cut-glass cruets to gallon jugs and cans, all containing viscous fatty liquids that range in […]