Olive Oil

Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 12/09/2016 - 00:00
If you love Italian food and you like preparing it at home, you will need a few staple ingredients, which are always handy to have in your pantry, whether you…
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by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/14/2016 - 06:00
With roughly 60 million olive trees, Puglia produces 40% of Italy’s olive oil, which is considered to be some of the best in the country. Want to try it for…
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by Barry Lillie | Wed, 12/02/2015 - 09:39
Italy is among the world's largest producers and exporters of olive oil. The olive harvest (la raccolta delle olive) is currently under way, and, after last…
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by Luciana.Squadrilli | Tue, 10/20/2015 - 02:19
Summer has finally come to an end, and the Italian countryside is ready to change its colors and shades. But fall won't be a quiet time in the country: from…
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by Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 12/05/2014 - 02:00
Words by Cacinda Maloney I arose early, not knowing what was in store for the day.  A misty, cloudy chill was causing me to button up my jacket around my neck…
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by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 11/07/2014 - 08:29
Travel
by Barry Lillie | Sun, 04/06/2014 - 23:14
Anyone visiting Italy would like to think they’ve found a largely undiscovered part of this wonderfully diverse country, and many are lucky enough to achieve…
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by Silvia Donati | Tue, 03/04/2014 - 23:15
Harrods, the London-based luxury department store, was forced to remove a range of Tuscan olive oil after Italian food authorities objected that it had been…
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by Silvia Donati | Sun, 02/23/2014 - 02:00
Researchers at the University of Calabria have devised a technique based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to establish the freshness and origin of olive…