My new book The Olive Oil Diet was published by Robinson Books on 15th September 20116 and I have been looking back on the three year lead up to its publication. I first met my co-author for The Olive Oil Diet, Simon Poole, way back in 2013 and immediately discovered that we had a strong mutual…
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Dates for the Diary
Friday 2nd September, 2016 Olive Oil Tasting and Appreciation Course Venue: Shepherds Bush, London Time: 10.00am to 4.30 pm Details Thursday 4th September, 2016 Publication date for my book Quick and Delicious Vegetarian Meals Thursday 15th September, 2016 Publication date for my book with Dr. Simon Poole The Olive Oil diet Friday 23rd…
Flavoured olive oil labelling anomaly
Flavoured oils are very popular and I can see why. Here you have an instant flavouring to perk up a quick pasta dish or give added interest to a simple salad. That’s really useful when you have rushed home from work and need to put together an interesting meal at speed. Other people who are…
Three of the Best
I am really encouraged by the range of aroma, taste and flavour and downright quality of extra virgin olive oil this year. Over the last few weeks I have been busy tasting a variety of evoos from around Europe and most of them are pretty good. However, just a few of them really stand out…
Extra virgin olive oil tasting day in London
Karen Cryan is a real olive oil enthusiast “There’s nothing like a good Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) and I tasted sixteen of them at Judy Ridgway’s olive oil tasting class held in London last year”. Here Karen describes her quest for olive oil knowledge and reviews one of my olive oil classes. “My zeal…
Dramatic designer bottles catch the Eye
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…
Adopt an Olive Tree
From time to time I get emails from olive growers offering the chance to adopt an olive tree in their grove. The idea of adopting an olive tree sounds quite intriguing and so I thought I would have a further look at the idea. First of all I wondered why would anyone want to adopt…
Swiss Olive Oil
Swiss olive oil – what nonsense you say, yet just down to road from my Swiss home there are numerous olive trees growing happily in the Ticino sunshine. This part of Switzerland, south of the Alps, boasts a Mediterranean style of climate and the weather is such that olive trees can not only survive here…