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Northern Puglia: San Severo to Bari

30 May 2022 by Judy Ridgway

Puglia, which takes up most of the heel and toe of Italy, is one of my favourite regions of Italy.  I love the food and the independent spirit of the people.  It is also a great place for a holiday. The countryside is extremely varied and the history fascinating and though there are plenty of…

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Travel Tagged With: Iyaly

Changes to my one-day olive oil tasting and appreciation classes

17 October 2021 by Judy Ridgway

Judy Ridgway with range of oils to taste

From now on I will only be offering my one-day tasting classes to ready-made groups of colleagues or friends. It is no longer efficient for me to gather together groups of people one by one. The numbers required for such classes will be a minimum of four to a maximum of seven. As a result…

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Olive oil Tagged With: One day classes

New Olive Leaf Drink from Zeet

13 September 2021 by Judy Ridgway

Zeet olive leaf water

Any reservations I might have had about food supplements using olive leaf extract are completely confounded by the new organic Olive Leaf Water Infusion from Zeet.  It does not, as you might think, taste particularly of olives but has an attractive almost honied flavour all its own.  There is also a peppermint flavoured infusion. However,…

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Filed Under: New Products, Olive oil Tagged With: Olive Leaf extract

2021 Award winners with the producers’ suggested recipes

5 May 2021 by Judy Ridgway

Details of the winners of the 2021 olive oil awards are beginning to trickle in and so I will be reporting on them as they arrive and pairing them with recipes recommended by their producers. The first of these uses one of the two oils from La Cultivada which have won top awards at the…

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Recipes Tagged With: Greece, Spain

Olive Oil and The English Vegetable Year: Spring

8 April 2021 by Judy Ridgway

Spring is a great time of the year for vegetables; the restricted range of winter vegetables opens up and suddenly a whole host of new vegetables decorate the green grocer’s shelves.  I have chosen two of my favourite vegetables on which to concentrate this month. They are the quintessentially English watercress and asparagus. Watercress Watercress…

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Brexit Border Problems

16 February 2021 by Judy Ridgway

It is not just the English/northern Irish border that is experiencing delivery problems due to Brexit as I am finding out.  It is also currently quite a serious problem for small importers bringing in premium products from the EU.  So, if like me, you are keen on food from small artisan producers rather than from…

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Olive oil Tagged With: Brexit

Memories: Lunaio and the Seggiano brand

9 February 2021 by Judy Ridgway

The small town of Seggiano is tucked away at the foot of Monte Amiata in the Grosetto region of south western Tuscany.  It is still quite a wild area somewhat off the Tuscan beaten tourist track. The mountain is volcanic and there are numerous hot pools which the locals say are great for swimming even…

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Travel Tagged With: Italy, Tuscany

Olive Oil and The English Vegetable Year: Autumn

31 October 2020 by Judy Ridgway

This is a new series for my blog, marrying up two of my favourite foods: Vegetables and Olive Oil. The tendency is to think of dishes based on Mediterranean vegetables when cooking with olive oil but in fact this lovely flavoursome ingredient can enhance traditional English vegetables equally well. Autumn sees the beginning of the…

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Recipes Tagged With: Vegetables

Cooking with Andalucian Extra Virgin Olive Oil

27 October 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Following my virtual tasting of Andalucian oils last week I immediately started to look for some really authentic recipes from the region to try out.  Here are the results: Pipirrana My first recipe comes from Elena Garcia at Spanish Gastro Larder and features their Finca Alamillos del Prior extra virgin olive oil from Jaen.  It is…

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Recipes Tagged With: Andalucia, Spain

Celebrating Andalucian olive oil

23 October 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Engaged in my first virtual olive oil tasting yesterday.  We tasted five excellent extra virgin olive oils bfrom the region, taking in four different olive varieties plus a blend of three of them.  I knew all five oils well from many visits and tastings over the years and they did not disappoint. They all tasted…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: Andalucia, Spain

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