Last November, during my Olive Harvest Adventure trip in Italy, I participated in a frittata-lover’s dream come true – an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for making the world’s largest frittata. The event was held in Fabro, a small medieval hamlet in Umbria, dominated by an 11th century castle and surrounded by thick…more »
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Harvest your own Olives in Italy!
Are you looking for an authentic Italian experience? Why not be Italian for a week this Fall! Spend a blissful time in an ancient Umbrian olive grove; experience the true Italian lifestyle – the meals, the wine, the olive oil, the art, the people. Our 2010 and 2011 Olive Harvest Adventures were so popular, we…more »
EVOO & U: Educating students about olive oil
I am often asked to present at Culinary Arts and Food classes in high schools. My course title: EVOO & U is interactive, fun and educational. This month’s article in Pressing Times from the Olive Oil Source highlights a recent course that I presented at a high school in Northern California. The interactive part was the “Taste…more »
Where can I find true Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
With all the current news about finding and buying true extra virgin olive oil, GoEVOO (the first US iPhone/iPad app) helps you find a location to buy EVOO when you’re on the Go. GoEVOO is your guide in finding producers, stores, and purveyors of exquisite extra virgin olive oil in the U.S. With a couple…more »
New Year’s Resolutions: More Olive Oil!
After spending a month in Italy during the olive harvest, where olive oil permeates every aspect of living, I realized that olive oil has role to play – making this next year even better than the last. Read my article in the Olive Oil Source newsletter about ways to “infuse” olive oil into five of…more »
Olive Harvest in Umbria – Stunningly Beautiful
I just returned from one glorious month in Umbria and Tuscany hosting two Olive Harvest Adventure groups, where 10 dynamic women from St. Louis on the first tour and 3 lovely couples on the second tour experienced an authentic Italian week – food, wine, art, music, fun and olive oil! Stay tuned for many stories…more »
Get EVOO on the Go … with GoEVOO!
I am delighted to tell you that the latest release of GoEVOO – the first iPhone/iTouch/iPad app that focuses on finding great Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) who makes it, where to find it and how to use it! …now includes the capability of searching throughout the in the United States for olive oil producers,…more »
GoEVOO
I am so excited to tell my friends and fans that I recently launched an iPhone/iTouch/iPad app – GoEVOO, the olive oil lover’s guide to Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO). It’s fun, educational and interactive! You can get ideas for using EVOO that go beyond the kitchen. Find olive oil producers, retail and tasting…more »
Olive Oil Wrestling?
Yes, it’s #95 in my book The Passionate Olive – 101 Things to do with Olive Oil. On a recent episode of The Bachelorette in which the group traveled to Turkey, the bachelors were drizzled with olive oil and wrestled to the ground. They participated in this traditional Turkish sport with the winner awarded more…more »
The Gift of Olive Oil
Want a fabulous gift idea? How about a bottle of your favorite extra virgin olive oil? Dubbed “liquid gold” by Homer, olive oil has been noted for centuries as the gift of elegance. Even Ulysses gave small phials of olive oil as the perfect hostess gift. For more than 4,000 years, the olive tree has…more »
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