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Aug. 5, 2025

Discover the Versatility and Nutritional Value of Greek Rusks

Paximadi, comprising carbohydrates and fiber, is the unsung hero of Greek summer cuisine, the key ingredient to making healthy small meals in no time.

Dec. 30, 2024

Greeks Celebrate Christmas with Traditional Olive Oil-Based Cookies

The season’s fresh olive oil and simple ingredients are used to make melomakarona and kourabiedes, two celebrated Greek Christmas delicacies.

Dec. 19, 2024

Panettone Gets a Healthy Upgrade

The beloved Christmas cake is attracting new fans in Italy thanks to a change to its traditional ingredients.

Jul. 1, 2024

New Cake Mixes Challenge Conventional Baking Wisdom

After three years of development, Estelle Sohne launched Flour & Olive to help everyday bakers replace butter with extra virgin olive oil in a range of cake recipes.

Dec. 14, 2022

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Shines in Michelin Star Chef’s Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner

Periko Ortega worked at two Michelin-star restaurants before opening his own, ReComiendo.

Nov. 22, 2022

Thanksgiving with a Tuscan Twist

Extra virgin olive oil enhances classic Thanksgiving dishes, adding new flavor dimensions and lightening up the butter-soaked holiday.

Jul. 16, 2014

Change is the Butter on Life's Bread

Some may need some gentle coercion through the clever development of products to adopt heart-healthy EVOOs instead of Butter.

Jan. 6, 2014

Olives Go Sweet

In Italy, pastry chefs and producers are exploiting some varieties' sweet character to make unexpected festive treats.

May. 30, 2013

Survey Reveals Surprising Views Toward Olive Oil

Despite a common refrain that olive oil should not be used for cooking, consumers do it anyway, according to a survey by the UC Davis Olive Center.

Sep. 28, 2012

Olive Oil 'Tortas' a Sevillian Export Success

Extra virgin olive oil is the only preservative in - and forms a quarter of - Seville’s traditional ‘Torta de Aceite de Castilleja de la Cuesta’, which has gone from a home-made pastry to a product exported to five continents.

Sep. 16, 2012

Olive Oil in Custards

When the flavoring is your favorite extra virgin olive oil, the once common vanilla custard becomes an uncommon olive oil flavored cream with a velvety finish.

Feb. 15, 2011

The Rise of Olive Oil Baking

With a push into the limelight from cutting-edge pastry chefs, olive oil is becoming a favorite dessert ingredient in restaurants and home kitchens everywhere.

Jan. 10, 2011

Sweet Role for Olive Oil

While a quality extra virgin is now essential in any decent restaurant, perhaps the full embrace of olive oil is most poignantly revealed in its new surprising role: as dessert.

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