UNESCO “Cultural Heritage List” to Include the Mediterranean Diet
The Intangible Cultural List was started in 2003 and now comprises some 166 entries, including Croatian Lace Making, Argentinean Tango and Tibetan Opera.
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
All About Olive Oil
Posted on August 23 2010
EVOO and A-Rod: The Dawn of Olive Oil’s Era of Testing
The lawsuit was announced in typical American fashion, complete with a celebrity chef. Maybe this is what it needed to come to. Nothing happens here without buzz.
Posted on August 13 2010
New Casaliva from “Grotto of Catullus” will be Pure Poetry
The restoration of an ancient olive grove will preserve the Sirmione landscape so beloved by the Latin poet.
Posted on August 12 2010
Cooking with Olive Oil in China
The rise in the use of cooking oils has been provoked by the economic growth of the past two decades which has made oil, once scarce and prohibitively expensive, common and affordable.
Posted on August 04 2010
Olive Oil Council Considers 80 New Origin Denominations
The majority of these new denominations would apply to olive oil producing nations outside the European Union, like Argentina and Palestine.
Posted on July 27 2010
Coldiretti’s Oscar Green Awards Encourage Agricultural Innovation
Coldiretti, Italy's largest farming group and lobby, held its fourth Oscar Green Awards to support and encourage innovation in agricultural pursuits.
Posted on July 20 2010
Snapshot of Olive Oil Choices in One American Neighborhood
I thought I'd head down to my local Stop & Shop, behold the selection and confirm that the monounsaturated revolution had reached Boston.
Posted on July 16 2010
UC Davis Study Questioned
Questions were raised concerning the sample used to support a finding that 10 percent of the California olive oils tested failed to meet standards for extra virgin olive oil. Later, a typo was blamed for the discrepency.
Posted on July 15 2010
In America, Olive Oil from Coast to Coast
You can thank the booming California industry for the buzz around olive oil in the States these days, but East Coasters aren't exactly virgins to the concept.
Posted on July 14 2010
Report: Most Imported Extra Virgin Olive Oils Aren’t Extra Virgin
A new report found 69 percent of imported olive oils and 10 percent of California olive oils labeled as extra virgin failed to meet the IOC/USDA standards for that classification.
Posted on July 14 2010
Rediscovering the Origins of Olive Oil in Turkey
Recent research reinforces Anatolia’s prominence in the history of olive oil, while consumption in Turkey remains well below that of its Mediterranean neighbors.
Posted on July 12 2010
Crete On The Half Shell
Byron Ayanoglu found that olive picking on Crete, while hard work, has elements of fun and celebration.
Posted on July 02 2010
An Olive Oil Cultural Center And Museum in Jaén
The project, known as “Almazara Escaparate”, has an estimated budget of more than 1,300,000 Euros.
Posted on July 01 2010
Letter from the Publisher
I always admire the spirited participants in every corner of the olive oil world. One has only to read the impassioned words of people quoted in our pages to see just how interesting this subject can be...
Posted on July 01 2010
Olive Oil Production Branches Beyond Tradition
The boom is fueled by two developments, a growing appreciation of extra-virgin olive oil as a healthier fat and technological advances.
Posted on June 14 2010
Marseille and the History of Olive Oil
As the gateway from the Mediterranean to the French canal system, Marseille was the point through which olive oil exported from Spain, Italy, Greece and the Middle East flowed.
Posted on June 10 2010
Symbolism of Olive Oil
In her first article for Olive Oil Times, Dr. MP Graziani takes a look at the strongest currents in the long history and rich symbolism tied to olive oil.
Posted on May 24 2010
Arbiters of Taste
Fabrizio Vignolini directs Liguria's National Organization of Olive Oil Tasters where more than 5,000 experts have trained to appreciate the complexities of olive oil.
Posted on May 11 2010
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