We can all appreciate the beauties of nature, but it takes an enlightened soul – like artists' ones always are – to capture all the strenght and the poetry that lies in a ladybird, or in an olive tree.

Cover of the 2012 guide titled 'Gioco del piacere' by Slow Food Editore. - Olive Oil Times

Food & Cooking

Jun. 14, 2012

Slow Food Organizes a 'People's Choice' Contest for Olive Oil

For the seventh year, a Slow Food initiative to lets people discover the best Italian extra virgin olive oils by being professional tasters for one night.

Group of riders in yellow attire guiding horses and oxen in a parade on a street. - Olive Oil Times

May. 3, 2012 World

Casa de Hualdo Wins Top Prize at Extrascape

An ancient olive tree with twisted branches and a person standing beside it in a natural setting. - Olive Oil Times

Apr. 25, 2012 World

Spain's Olive Tree Municipalities Announce 'Culture Award' Winners

A square metal container with a patterned design next to a blue glass bottle. - Olive Oil Times

Apr. 23, 2012 World

Greece's Backroad 'Bulk' Olive Oil Trade

Man using a traditional olive oil press, working with the grinding mechanism and olives. - Olive Oil Times

Apr. 12, 2012 Production

Riogordo’s Milling Honors Verdial Olive Oil

Woman sipping olive oil from a glass while seated at a table with another person in the background. - Olive Oil Times

Mar. 14, 2012 World

An Olive Oil and Culture Workshop in Jaén

A man in a suit sitting on a wooden chair in an olive grove surrounded by trees. - Olive Oil Times

World

Feb. 6, 2012

A Pact to Protect the Andalusian Olive Grove

The Confederation of Employers of Andalusia (CEA), and the Juan Ramón Guillén Foundation signed a collaboration agreement to protect and promote the Andalusian olive groves.

World

May. 9, 2011

Giorgio Armani Designs Vestments with Olive Motif for Sicily Bishop

It's an Armani design out of reach for all but one. Vestments worn by the bishop of Pantelleria are adorned with olive branches, starfish, scallops and seaweed.

Featured

Mar. 14, 2011

One Use for Olive Oil After its "Best By" Date

For once it doesn't matter if it's fruity, bitter or pungent. It just need to be slippery. Still, nothing but olive oil will do when wrestlers square off in this ancient ritual.

Two police officers saluting alongside a man in a suit at a public event with a crowd in the background. - Olive Oil Times

Featured

Feb. 2, 2011

Celebrating Olive Oil Culture and Cuisine in Burhaniye

Each year locals and a few lucky tourists gather in this small town on the Aegean coast to salute olive oil culture with music, dance, exhibitions and great food.

Featured

Jan. 25, 2011

A Painter of Olive Harvests

Mariella Gualtieri remembers a man hired to help with the harvest. Seeing her small hands shivering he said, “If only olives were the size of oranges, we’d finish sooner.”