12 Jul
Agrodolce, meaning 'sweet and sour' in Italian, describes the flavour of the vincotto, a delicious condiment made by reducing grape juice to a thick syrup. Ingredients: 600g (22 Oz mixed olives (your choice of Kalamata, Beldi, Picholine, it doesn’t matter as long as they are natural and in brine) 2 cloves garlic, thinly […]
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12 Jul
by Saed Bannoura, Ghassan Daghlas, in charge of Israeli Settlements File at the Palestinian Authority in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, has reported that a number of extremist Israeli settlers cut on Thursday [July 10 2013] 1150 Palestinian Olive trees east of the Nablus District. Daghlas told the Radio Bethlehem 2000 that […]
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11 Jul
Reacting to recent domestic and global financial media news about Deoleo, the world's leading seller of bottled olive oil, and its need to sell less oil in bulk, West Coast Products reports that its Olinda Brand olive-oil sales to foodservice establishments have never been better. A rich supply of Certified California Extra Virgin Olive Oil […]
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11 Jul
By Stephen Taylor, The good oil on olive growing is that business is booming, with record production tipped for Victoria. And our Indian summer and long clear sunny days and cool nights leading into winter helped make it happen. In 2007, production was five million litres of oil, and this year growers will harvest a […]
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11 Jul
Four Sonoma Valley olive oil producers are among the award winners in the Sonoma County Harvest Fair’s Professional Food & Wine Competition. The local medalists are Benziger Family Winery, B.R. Cohn Olive Oil Co., Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards and The Olive Press. Dry Creek Olive Co. of Healdsburg won best of show for the […]
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