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The Age of Olive Oil / Health benefits, range of flavors draw new fans
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Olive oil connoisseurs are as particular about the color, aroma
and flavor of their oils as oenophiles are about their fine wines -
and with reason.
Olives, like grapes, produce a wide range of flavors that differ
according to the soil in the regions where they are grown, mostly in
the Mediterranean Basin.
People have cooked with olive oil for thousands of years,
conscious of its extraordinary range of taste, perhaps unaware of its
healthful qualities.
Today, interest ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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TONY HALL ALSO AMBASSADOR FOR OLIVE OIL
Dayton Daily News
; Former Third District representative now processing, bottling and distributing own variety from farm in Italy * Tony Hall is the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations' food and agricultural agencies. Before becoming ambassador, Hall served as U.S. representative for Ohio's Third District from 1979
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Olive Oil Drought May Trigger Price Spurt
Chicago Sun-Times
; It has all the earmarks of an oil crisis: Importers are warning of shortages and raising their prices. Consumers fearful of going without are starting to hoard. But don't install that gas tank in your yard yet. This is an olive oil crisis. Droughts in the Mediterranean last year withered the 1994
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 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Spanish drought hits our love affair with olive oil.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Martin Hickman Consumer Affairs Correspondent For 20 years, the mellifluous green liquid has taken pride of place in middle-class kitchens across the country, a product of the Italian food boom that swept Britain in the 1980s and never left. But this autumn cooks will have to go easy on
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Liquid gold. (Food).(chefs are getting creative in their use of olive oil)
Restaurants & Institutions
; When food calls for character, a little lift or a final fillip, olive oil often is up to the challenge. Glistening in shades that range from lade green to gold to pale yellow, olive oil is a favorite ingredient for introducing nuance and depth to a range of preparations. Chefs, inspired by the
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Italian olive oil is the choice for cooking - most of the time
Chicago Sun-Times
; Most Americans associate olive oil with Italy. Italy exports more olive oil than any other country, and its oils are probably the finest available. But there are quality olive oils imported from Greece, Spain and France, too. And California olive oil, though not as flavorful as the oils of Italy
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Italian olive oil is liquid gold
Chicago Sun-Times
; Most Americans associate olive oil with Italy. Italy exports more olive oil than any other country, and its oils are probably the finest available. But there are quality olive oils imported from Greece, Spain and France, too. And California olive oil, though not as flavorful as the oils of Italy
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Taste for olive oil alters fortunes
China Daily
; The world's growing taste for olive oil is pouring new life into parts of rural North Africa, where the golden liquid has been a staple since ancient times. However, drought, archaic production methods and poor marketing are a challenge for local producers facing growing competition as more
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Texas farmers press on with new product: olive oil
The Journal Record
; Eight years is small stuff in the life of the ancient olive tree, but it's a long time for a new farmer to wait for a crop. After much trial and error, two orchards have produced olives their growers will press into Texas' first olive oil this year. That is, if an oil press arrives in time from
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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OLIVE OIL GOLDEN STATE'S CASH CROP RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS ONCE FORGOTTEN, CALIFORNIA'S PRODUCTION OF OLIVE OIL HAS COME BACK INTO VOGUE.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: ERIC LEACH Staff Writer Rosemarie Fusano was born into the olive oil business in the 1940s San Fernando Valley, where there were once signs along the highway proclaiming Sylmar the biggest olive-growing area in the world. Over the next few decades, the industry in the Valley dried up when
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 "Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado)")
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LIQUID GOLD: Olive oil : healthful, tasty and versatile.
Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado)
; Byline: Amy Matthew Aug. 2--In ancient times, it was considered a gift from the gods, and many modern-day food lovers would readily agree. Olive oil has been a staple of Mediterranean diets for thousands of years. Its history in the United States obviously isn't that lengthy, but the golden liquid
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