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Olives and more

12 February 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Olives and More

Just returned from a visit to a great little shop in Forest Hill, south east London.  Olives and More is crammed full of absolutely first class Spanish produce.  As its name implies, this shop is dedicated to the olive, with the emphasis on extra virgin olive oil.  It is the brainchild of Mar … who…

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Filed Under: New Products, Olive oil, specialist shop

Mother’s Garden Rejects Plastic

24 March 2018 by Judy Ridgway

This small olive oil company based in Catalonia has announced it will no longer be selling premium extra virgin olive oil in 2 litre or 5 litre plastic containers.  While continuing with the 500ml glass bottles, they will be switching to 3 litre tins for larger quantities.  Martin Kirby and Maggie Whitman, who run Mother’s…

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Filed Under: New Products, Olive oil Tagged With: packaging, Spain

Designer Packaging for EVOO

27 September 2017 by Judy Ridgway

A range of designer packaging will be on show at Anuga and other food shows with an eye to the Christmas market.  Here are just a few of them….. Zeet Last year Zeet Tunisian extra virgin olive oil launched a range of new packaging by established international contemporary artists.  They temed up with Selma Fariani…

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Filed Under: New Products, Olive oil Tagged With: Italy, Spain, Tunisia

Scatter pearls for a burst of flavour

20 March 2017 by Judy Ridgway

The latest in foodie novelties are these little spherical gelatinous “pearls” filled with extra virgin olive oil or with balsamic vinegar of Modena.  The idea is to sprinkle them over salads and other dishes so that when you bite into them you get a sudden burst of flavour.   There is no doubt that they are…

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Hebden Goat’s Cheese

13 July 2016 by Judy Ridgway

Hebden Goat's Cheese

Just heard a great story from Andy Swinscoe at The Courtyard Dairy in Settle about the creation of a traditional unpasteurised goats cheese on a farm in the Pennines near to Hebden Bridge.  The cheese won Best Raw Milk Cheese at the Great Yorkshire Show. Gillian’s Story: Gillian Clough farms only ten acres (that’s just…

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Dramatic designer bottles catch the Eye

2 June 2016 by Judy Ridgway

This is the latest in eye-catching designs for the Galateo & Friends Signature range of Italian extra virgin olive oils. It is by the internationally acclaimed artist, Lazaro Rosa Violan and joins three other specially commissioned evoo bottle designs for this company. Lazaro opened his design studio in Barcelona in 2003 and since then has…

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Filed Under: New Products, Olive oil Tagged With: biancardo, evoo, Italy

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