The best thing you can do for your health in 2018: get serious about the Mediterranean “diet” Rather than diet, though, I prefer to say the Mediterranean “way of eating,” because it…
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A weekly podcast program hosted by Olive Oil Times publisher Curtis Cord, featuring interviews with interesting people around the world sharing their views on the culture of olive oil and whatever else…
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On a recent trip to Istanbul, a glorious town for food-lovers, I discovered an old familiar friend on just about every meze table. That was muhammara, a sauce or dip made from…
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It’s an old story — you’ve heard it before, and not just from me — but it’s coming around again. Predictably, just as U.S. specialty markets begin to trumpet the arrival of…
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In the New York Times this week there’s a recipe for pasta with sardines and wild fennel that is what Sicilians themselves claim as their most authentic dish–probably because it’s so darned…
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Such a grand time of the year for feasting of all kinds, from latkes for Hanukkah, to controversial loved-and-hated Christmas pudding, to a traditional galette aux rois, or Three Kings cake for January…
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“Chroniclers… have not hesitated to describe an idyllic Mediterranean world living on a diet of fresh, homegrown vegetables… homemade cheese and of course home-produced olive oil”. Olive oil is a cornerstone of…
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Caponata Icon of the Sicilian kitchen Pride of the Sicilian table Eggplant, onions, sweet red peppers, garlic, tomatoes, olives, capers, the whole bathed in a sweet-and-sour agrodolce and olive oil, extra-virgin and fresh, of course! Come join me and…
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I love Sicily at any time of year (except July and August when it’s way too hot for my cool northern blood), but I especially love Sicily in autumn, when the newly…
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Olive Oil in Sicily: An Autumnal Tour October 27 – November 1 at the Anna Tasca Lanza cooking school November 1 – November 7, small group tour of southeastern Sicily Guests are welcome to do…
