25 Oct

Shopping for olive oil? Here’s guidance

By Anna Wallner and Kristina Matisic,

Olive oil isn’t a no-brainer.

Flavors change a great deal from one region to the next, with Spain being the world’s largest producer, which makes a big difference in the way your dishes taste. Keep the following shopping tips in mind when in a store, and you’ll have your guests coming back for more of your fabulous cooking:
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24 Oct

huile d’olive en pâte à tartiner

Nouveauté de cette année, «La Cuisine du SIAL» un espace réservé aux 19 000 visiteurs professionnels, est l’opportunité de découvrir le contenu des assiettes de demain et une vitrine géante pour dénicher les dernières nouveautés des quatre coins du monde.

Pour le côté pratique, les professionnels apprécieront le «Coeur d’olive», une huile d’olive à tartiner, substitut du beurre dans les sandwichs, toasts, pâtes, ou encore les fromages de chèvre surgelés et pré-découpés, pratiques à doser mais dotés d’une Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC).

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24 Oct

Olive harvest sparks tensions

By Martin Patience,

Before dawn, Kanaan al-Jamal, 38, hauls his two young children from their beds and along with his wife they set off to tend the olive groves close to their home.

In olive groves dotted across the rolling West Bank, Palestinian farmers are preparing for the harvest: pruning the trees, collecting spoilt olives, and preparing ground sheets under the trees to catch the fruit.

But the Palestinian farmers are also preparing for violent clashes.

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24 Oct

Olive Oil Runs Dry

New reservoir will flood Yolo orchard

By Josh Fernandez,

If the water district has its way, it could mean the last harvest for Yolo County’s, award-winning olive oil manufacturer.

Two friends, Laurie Schuler-Flynn and Amy DelBondio, are in their second year of harvesting olives for Hillstone Olive Oil, a distinguished brand that won a gold medal at the 2006 Yolo County Fair.

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23 Oct

Curing of Home-Grown Olives, Greek Style

If you own an olive tree and do not want to go through the complicated process of leaching olives with chemicals, follow one of these ancient Greek methods to get rid of the bitterness.

SALTING METHOD:
Place washed olives in a wicker basket or a plastic container with holes.
Cover with medium-coarse salt.
Set basket in sun and protect with a cheesecloth cover.
Twice a day for a week, toss olives to redistribute them, until the bitter fluid is drawn from them. Bring olives in at night to prevent mold.

WATER METHOD:
Cover washed olives with a solution of salt water – 1 cup salt to each quart water – in a crock or glass jar.
Place a weight, such as a small plate or washed rock, to keep olives submerged.
Olives may remain in this brine for months.
Marinate in Olive Marinade before serving.

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