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What you should know when you’re buying olive oil

Dec 8, 2023
There are different varieties of the kitchen staple, so olive oil experts joined us to break down the basics.
Extra virgin olive oil is supposed to taste fruity, pungent and bitter, food writer Nancy Harmon Jenkins told us.
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Oil prices shoot sky-high. Olive oil, that is.

Dec 25, 2014
A lousy crop means high prices. At least for the real thing.

California tries to grow olive oil industry

Sep 25, 2014
California has new standards for olive oil produced in the state.

Olive oil price hits 10-year low

May 28, 2012
As if Europe didn't have enough on its plate, it now faces a big drop in the price of one of its biggest exports, olive oil. Seventy percent of the world's olive oil supply comes from Spain, Greece and Italy.

The scandalous world of olive oil

Dec 15, 2011
Tom Mueller, author of "Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil," reveals everything you should know about olive oil, including how to taste it.