Using olive oil in baking is not only a great way of adding more olive oil to your diet it also ensures good results without too much effort! Here are three lovely cake recipes using extra virgin olive oils from France, California and Spain. The first recipe comes from my fellow cookery writer, chef and…
Designer Packaging for EVOO
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…
European Evoo Tasting Courses in English
In reply to those of you who are interested in experiencing the tastes and flavours of olive oil in more depth here are details of a number of tasting classes and courses being held in various European countries before the end of the year. Contact the organisers for full details. September Savantes Dublin Master…
Off the Shelf: September
This month I bought three extra virgin olive oils from shops in Brighton all at prices under £13.00 a litre. Cypressa EVOO from Taj in Western Road Brighton There is very little information of any kind on the label other than that the oils is from Greece and is packed there for Katsouris Brothers Ltd…
Planeta-olive-oil and the magical island of Sicily
I am just back from a wonderful trip to Sicily as the guest of the Planeta family, producers of Paneta-olive-oil and I was bowled over by the rich history of the island . The earliest visitors to put down roots were the Phoenecians, closely followed by the Greeks and then the Romans. A few hundred…
New Approach to cooking with olive oil
I have just received a copy of Mary Platis and Laura Bashar’s book “Cooking Techniques and Recipes with Olive Oil” and I am very impressed. The book is clearly presented and beautifully illustrated with a picture for every recipe but more importantly it offers a whole new approach to cooking with olive oil. The clue…
Food with a difference… from an award winning producer
Melgarejo is the name to look out for among leading extra virgin olive oils from Jaen in the Spanish region of Andalucia. This oil has just won one of the top awards in the Mario Solinas Awards organised by the International Olive Council in Madrid. The oil is pressed from the local Picual olive and…
Scatter pearls for a burst of flavour
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…
The Olive Oil Diet; Book Review
I make no apology for reprinting this book review of The Olive Oil Diet which was published in the internet magazine Medscape. It was written by Dr. Melissa Walton- Shirley MD, a US cardiologist. In it she sums up everything that my co author, Dr Simon Poole, and I were trying to convey. “If you…
More reviews and testimonials for The Olive Oil Diet
Since I posted the first batch of wonderful reviews and testimonials about my new book The Olive Oil Diet, written with co-author Dr. Simon Poole, it has not only been named as the UK winner in the Diet Section of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, it has now also been shortlisted for the International Award. In…