Olive Oil Based ‘Marseille Soap’ in Danger
The most famous soap in the world has many imitators, and now the makers of authentic Savon de Marseille are beginning to fight back.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Articles Tagged | "France"
Posted on March 08 2013
Promising Results for New Test for Pesticide Residues in Olive Oil
Biosensors that appear to offer a cheap and fast way to detect insecticide residues in olive oil have been developed by a team of French and Moroccan scientists.
Posted on December 10 2012
Olive Oil Not Always Local at Provence Markets
Sometimes the olive oils sold at local markets throughout the South of France are anything but local, and French producers say customers are being tricked.
Posted on September 12 2012
Socca (No Ball Required)
The traditional Niçois dish resembling a crispy pancake is made from the most basic of ingredients: olive oil, chickpea flour, water, salt and pepper – it’s simple to make, and delicious.
Posted on August 28 2012
French Association AFIDOL Blames Bad Weather for €300k Loss
The French interprofessional organization recently introduced stickers to help consumers identify olives and olive oil produced in France.
Posted on August 14 2012
France University Offers Degree in Olive Oil
Students in the University of Montpellier program can earn a Diplôme Universitaire (DU) d'Oléologie, or a university specialization diploma in olive oil.
Posted on May 22 2012
Olive Regions Work on Joint Strategy to Maintain EU Subsidies
A new olive oil lobby group is urgently preparing a position paper to protect its members from threatended subsidy cuts by the European Commission.
Posted on April 02 2012
Cooperative Run by Volunteers Preserves a Provençal Tradition
Volunteers run a small cooperative mill in the Provence. Life is not always easy but they are intent on keeping the Provençal tradition.
Posted on February 13 2012
French Consumer Magazine Compares Olive Oils, Finds Local Ones Better
French consumer magazine Que Chosir, gets in with the act, comparing thirty extra virgin olive oils sold in France and finding the ones made locally to be generally better (and more expensive).
Posted on December 11 2011
For French Olive Oil Producers, Less is More
Olive oil production in France is tiny compared to its neighbors and there's a "problem with notoriety." Jean Benoit Hugues shares what the interprofessional association Afidol plans to do about lifting the profile, and sales, of French olive oil.
Posted on July 19 2011
Olivier Baussan’s Première Pression
The entrepreneur's newest project is a chain of olive oil shops emphasizing education and transparency.
Posted on May 10 2011
La Tête dans Les Olives
"You hear about it, you collect data but the only pertinent information is the one that your mouth will give you when you try (the oil). It erases all the past and sets the scale of values" - Cedric Casanova
Posted on April 20 2011
You Can’t Butter a Salad
We kept two olive oils in the restaurant which we used to enhance flavor in spicy dishes and which we poured over everything from hummus to big chunks of feta cheese or even yogurt.
Posted on March 23 2011
An Olive Oil School in the South of France
A port town on the Mediterranean coast of France believes that educating young children is a great way to achieve and maintain a healthy olive oil culture for future generations.
Posted on March 21 2011
The Biggest Farm in France? Take the Subway
This year's Salon International de l'Agriculture in Paris celebrated the placement of French cuisine on UNESCO's revered list of human cultural heritage.
Posted on March 08 2011
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