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Website of the month: https://www.thegiftofoil.co.uk/

18 May 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Phil with Signore Di Lorewith Signore di Lorenzonzo

The Gift of Oil website is the brainchild of Phil Bianchi who spent the early years of his working life working for blue chip food companies, ending up in Athens working for a large olive oil company.  There he was inspired by the quality of the Greek olive oils and vinegars which he felt were…

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Olive oil Tagged With: websites

Simple Summer Food from Jaen

14 May 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Talking about my visit to Jaen in my recent “Memories” post reminded me of another visit to that part of the olive oil world a year later.  One of the producers I visited then was Melgarejo who own a very modern mill near Jaen itself.  Here the fifth generation of the family showed off the…

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Spain

Memories: Soler Romero and the Gay Farmer

5 May 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Great to see two long standing contacts now linked together in a thriving business partnership: I first came across Soler Romero organic extra virgin olive oil fourteen year ago.  I was on a general visit to the Jaen region of Spain and Cortijo El Tobazo was part of the itinerary.  I was struck by the…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: Catalonia, Gay Farmer, Memories, Spain

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

One Day Olive Oil Courses

29 January 2020 by Judy Ridgway

A line up of oils fr the tasting

Thanks to popular request I am continuing my one day olive oil tasting and appreciation courses in London and Brighton in 2020.  The next courses in London will be held on Tuesday 18th February and Friday 27th March.  Brighton dates are open to negotiation anytime between now and late April. I keep the classes fairly…

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Olive oil Tagged With: Londn and Brighton, Tasting classes

Extra virgin olive oil enhances game recipes

23 April 2019 by Judy Ridgway

This month I have been experimenting with cooking various kind of game with extra virgin olive oil and I have been very pleased with the results.  The olive oil helps to lubricate what can often be quite dry meat and gives an excellent flavour to the dish.  Using olive oil in this way also contributes …

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Recipes Tagged With: Game

Website of the Month: March

2 April 2019 by Judy Ridgway

Artisan olive oil company:  I am often asked “How much should I pay for a good extra virgin olive oil?”  This is quite a difficult question to answer.  The quick response is “as much as you can afford”, but there are oils which are very expensive which are arguably not worth the money that is…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: Italy, Spain, Tunisia, websites

Off the Shelf: March

18 March 2019 by Judy Ridgway

Here is another post in my series looking at extra virgin olive oils taken at random from the marketplace. I am very lucky to have samples of evoo sent to me from time to time direct from the producers and of course these oils are likely to be the very best they produce.  So I…

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

Great Olive Oil Stories

18 February 2019 by Judy Ridgway

There are so many great stories about the amazing people in the olive oil world that I have decided to highlight some of them from time to time. Mother’s Garden: The first in the series concentrates on Martin and Maggie who have developed and marketed the excellent Mother’s Garden brand of extra virgin olive oil…

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Olive oil Tagged With: Spain

Off the Shelf: November

13 November 2018 by Judy Ridgway

Here is another post in my new series looking at extra virgin olive oils taken at random from the marketplace. I am very lucky to have samples of evoo sent to me from time to time direct from the producers and of course these oils are likely to be the very best they produce.  So…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: South Africa, Spain

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