May 8, 2015 | Uncategorised
Looking for some engaging, foodie fun? Yearning to discover the oil that sings to you? We recommend putting on a Trader Joe’s Olive Oil tasting. In fact, it’s exactly what we did to come up with the critical product details for our Guide To Extra Virgin Olive Oil....
May 8, 2015 | Uncategorised
Around this very day 10 years ago, in a conference room in the grounds division office, Dan Flynn and a handful of others turned out the first run of UC Davis olive oil — pressed from olives off campus trees. The crew filled bottles by hand, plugged in the corks and...
Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorised
Italian farm associations accused France on Friday of starting a trade war by announcing a ban on imports of vegetables from the southern Puglia region because of a bacterial outbreak that has infected hundreds of thousands of olive trees.
Apr 10, 2015 | Uncategorised
While idly flipping TV channels one rainy Sunday afternoon, I paused on a Food Network program featuring a tasting of sorts. The subject was not wine, as the participants were sipping their liquid from small, shallow cups. But if I were to shut my eyes and just...
Apr 7, 2015 | International News/Trends, Olive Oil News, Uncategorised
It continues to be sold. I continue to be amazed. Pomace olive oil is what I’m talking about, in all its overpriced toxic splendour. The fact that something has the words olive and oil written on it, but is also freakily well-priced, is naturally going to have...
Apr 2, 2015 | EVOO, International News/Trends, Olives and Health, Uncategorised
Eggs are a breakfast staple for most people. Although an excellent source of protein, people with high cholesterol levels, heart disease or diabetes often avoid eating eggs because high cholesterol content of egg yolk is believed to raise blood cholesterol levels. So...
