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Memories: Rovies and Odysea

19 August 2020 by Judy Ridgway

Olves curing in terracotta t Roives

My memories this week go back to the very early days of my work with olives and olive oil not very long after I had retrained to switch from wine writing to olive oil in the early 1990s.  I had written a paper for the then European Union on assessing and describing extra virgin olive…

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Filed Under: Table olives, Travel Tagged With: Greece

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

SALAD DAYS

23 August 2018 by Judy Ridgway

Fig and cheese salad

I am always looking for new ideas for interesting salads, particularly at this time of the year.  Here are five delicious recipes from the internet sites of three of my favourite olive oil producers and two from the American vegetarian blogger Dina Honke and her great blog oliveoilandlemons.   All the oils mentioned are available from…

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Greece, Italy, Spain

Off the Shelf: June

8 June 2018 by Judy Ridgway

Olives ripening on the tree

After a short gap I am continuing my new series of posts looking at a range of extra virgin olive oils taken at random from the market. 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…

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

Olive Oil for Christmas

29 November 2017 by Judy Ridgway

Christmas presents

Olive oil for Christmas has two meanings – in the food and among the presents. Of course olive oil will be in full use in my kitchen this Christmas, but here I want to talk about extra virgin olive oil as a Christmas present.  Lots of my friends and family enjoy first class olive oil…

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

Off the Shelf: January

24 January 2017 by Judy Ridgway

Almazaras de la Subbetica

This is the second in my new series of posts looking at evoo that is on the shelves at the moment.  I am very lucky to have samples of extra virgin olive oil sent to me from time to time direct from the producers and of course this oil is likely to be the very…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: Greece, Spain

December Website of the Month

5 December 2016 by Judy Ridgway

This is the second in my new series about websites selling extra virgin olive oils which are well worth seeking out.  My researches this month turned up Oil & More which is the place to go if you are looking for a classic oil with a great reputation.  Tracey Hughes runs both the Oil &…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: Greece, Italy, olive oil websites

Great Greek Cooking

15 November 2016 by Judy Ridgway

People tend to think of Greek food as all hummus, kebabs and moussaka but this is just not the case. I have been talking to three Greek olive oil growers and producers about how they use their oils and have chosen three recipes to show a different and more adventurous side to Greek cooking. Stuffed…

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Filed Under: Olive oil, Recipes Tagged With: Greece

Looking for top class oils? Find a good website

18 October 2016 by Judy Ridgway

Olives ripening on the tree

If you do not live in a major city or near to one of the few grocers who pride themselves on their collection of olive oils it is becoming very difficult to source first class extra virgin olive oil. The answer could be a producer’s website but it can be time-consuming looking for those with…

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Filed Under: Olive oil Tagged With: Greece, olive oil websites, South Africa

Greek Casseroles

26 June 2016 by Judy Ridgway

olive oil decanter

Starting a new recipe collection: Not everyone realizes quite how versatile extra virgin olive oil can be in the kitchen but the growers certainly do.  Some time ago I put together a collection of recipes from olive oil producers around the world and published it as my e-book Remarkable Recipes.  Great olive oil recipes for…

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: casseroles, Greece

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