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Olive Oil Primer: Pairing Olive Oil with Food – Part II
“Medium” extra virgin olive oil, the style that falls somewhere between delicate and robust, can be paired with a variety of foods – from spicy dishes to bitter greens. The guidelines below come from a presentation given by olive oil … Continue reading
Olive Oil Primer: Pairing Extra Virgin Olive Oils with Food
I recently attended an eye-opening talk on pairing different styles of extra virgin olive oil with food. Olive oil guru and cookbook author Fran Gage led the discussion at a conference sponsored by the University of California, Davis, Olive Center. … Continue reading
How to Pair Extra Virgin Olive Oils with Different Foods
We celebrated my mother’s 80th birthday last February in Washington D.C. My mom took the extended family to dinner at her favorite French restaurant, in Georgetown. The restaurant, La Chaumière, featured such delicacies as pike dumplings, or quenelles, roasted rack … Continue reading
Olive Oil Primer: Can You Judge Olive Oil by its Color? (No)
Just like you can’t judge a book by its cover or a horse by its color, you can’t tell whether an olive oil will taste good by its color. Olive oil expert Fran Gage says as much: “Color isn’t an … Continue reading
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Tagged Fran Gage, judging olive oil, olive oil color, tasting olive oil
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Olive Oil Primer: How to Store Extra Virgin Olive Oil
A question we hear from time to time is, “How should you store extra virgin olive oil?” For starters, unlike wine, olive oil doesn’t get better with age. Quite the contrary. So you don’t want to lay down a pricey … Continue reading
What is Olio Nuovo Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
I recently woke from a sound sleep at 6 a.m. when my cell phone rang. I’m typically up much earlier than that to get ready for the drive to our company headquarters. But on this particular morning, I happened to … Continue reading
On the Menu: Extra Virgin Olive Oil for Breakfast
My stepbrother in Baltimore inspired me to write about extra virgin olive oil and breakfast. Tom grew up outside Detroit, near where I lived with my parents, my sister and brother many years ago. Fast-forward a few decades. These days … Continue reading
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Tagged Breakfast, California Olive Ranch, EVOO, Fran Gage, Olive Oil for Breakfast, Olive oil fried eggs, Olive oil recipe
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Extra Virgin Olive Oil Recipe: Escabeche
You may already know I love halibut. So we asked author Fran Gage to recommend an extra virgin olive oil recipe for chefs from her new cookbook, “The New American Olive Oil: Profiles of Artisan Producers and 75 Recipes,” (Stewart, … Continue reading
What is “a Drizzle of Olive Oil?”
A friend recently asked: “Claude, you work for an extra virgin olive oil company. What exactly does it mean when a recipe calls for ‘a drizzle of olive oil?’” Being the salesman that I am, I wanted to say it’s … Continue reading
