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Olive Oil and the Olympics

Olive Oil and the Olympics

There’s something so thrilling about the Olympics that it’s hard not to be a huge fan. I’ve attended several Olympics in LA, Barcelona, and London.  While  extensive media coverage dominates the airwaves , I don’t recall any of the  reporters mentioning the importance of olive oil to the Olympics and the athletes.  Olive oil and the […]

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The World's Largest Frittata

The World's Largest Frittata

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 […]

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EVOO & U:  Educating students about olive oil

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.  The interactive part was the “Taste Test”  where students tasted two quality extra virgin olive oils and one major supermarket brand.   Students were able to discern the difference and […]

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New Year's Resolutions:  More Olive Oil!

New Year’s Resolutions: More Olive Oil!

My New Year’s Resolution:  More Olive Oil.  Each year after spending several weeks in Italy and Spain where olive oil permeates every aspect of living, I understand the role that olive oil can play in making this next year even better than the last.   Here are my suggestions of ways to “infuse” olive oil into five of the most common […]

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Olive Oil Wrestling?

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 […]

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The Gift of Olive Oil

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 […]

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