Olive Oil

Food & Drink
by Alexa Ahern | Thu, 10/20/2022 - 08:16
Olive oil has incredible depth and variety. If you aren’t carefully selecting and correctly using extra virgin olive oil, now’s the time to start. We talked to…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 02/10/2022 - 04:18
The debate on aphrodisiac foods remains open, with some claiming it is just the power of suggestion, while others swear by the efficacy of certain foods. …
Food & Drink
by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 11/26/2021 - 00:23
We all know how lovely, truly excellent EVOO (extra-virgin olive oil is), but it is an easy product to imitate and produce in mass quantities that take away…
Food & Drink
by Luciana.Squadrilli | Wed, 09/22/2021 - 18:30
Imagine a place with enchanting mansions and their own private piers, luxury hotels, and panoramic campsites, romantic lakeside promenades, or bike trails…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 06/15/2021 - 05:56
Extra virgin olive oil is the healthiest fat around - it promotes cardiovascular health, it works as an antioxidant, it reduces inflammation and supports your…
Food & Drink
by Georgette Jupe | Fri, 10/30/2020 - 06:13
Autumn is one of Italy’s most brilliant seasons, a time when the weather mercifully cools and the joy of harvest season awaits. Olive oil season is one of the…
Culture
by elisascarton | Wed, 10/14/2020 - 03:27
Tuscany in Fall is hard to forget. After months spent welcoming tourists and taking well-deserved breaks on sunny seasides, attention is turned inwards.  You…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 10/11/2018 - 09:50
Autumn is here, and with it the products typical of the season which, in Italy, are celebrated at the numerous ‘sagre,’ ‘fiere’, ‘feste’, - food festivals in…
Food & Drink
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 11/09/2017 - 06:20
Here’s an unusual bit of vocabulary for all would-be Italian speakers: frantoio. This word means not only an olive press, but the farm which produces the olive…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 06/30/2017 - 00:00
Emilia-Romagna is widely regarded as a region with some of the best foods and cuisine in Italy: that’s because such delicacies known worldwide as Parmigiano…