Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil - Tom Mueller

[John Hjorth]

Ordered this book this evening. I simply need to understand more about what's going on in this market of olive oil.

 

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Recently, life hasen't been as great for me, as it used to be. So, I have developed a habit of beeing increasingly and extremely nice towards myself. 

 

So far, I have developed a casual habit of spoiling my self now and then [read : Every afternoon, or every evening], to serve myself a dish with :

 

1. A glass of wine rosé,

 

2. In a separate small tiny bowl :

 

a. Some Brie Cheese, chopped in not too big blocks,

b. A couple of cloves of fresh peeled garlic,

 

3. And to that, in another tiny bowl :

 

a. Some high quality Olive Oil, about 5 tea spoons.

 

I have been thinking of adding some fresh olives from a glass to this composition, and asked by e-mail our housholds olive oil vendor about the matter, and he actually asked for a call back this evening, where both the Lady of the House and I talked with him about both olives in glasses and olive oil in general.

 

We got no real tangible recommendations for olives in glasses, but I got a recommendation for a book describing the oilve oil market as it was some years ago [, I suppose nothing is changed to the better].

 

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- Noone of us really and actually know what we are using in our households for food preparation with regard to olive oil.

 

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I was recommended to read this book :

 

Amazon : Tom Mueller : Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil.

 

[Personally, I have today ordered the book at www.saxo.com, which I as Dane prefer, - when possible -, to avoid the hazzle with overseas customs etc.]

 

[coffeecaninvestor]

Since hearing about this I only buy high quality oil now. I’ve been meaning to get this book. 
 

https://villacappelli.com

[rkbabang]

There is no need to spend a fortune on Olive Oil to get the real thing.  Here is a list of brands that have agreed to random testing from their bottles sourced from store shelves.

 

https://www.aboutoliveoil.org/79-certified-pure-and-authentic-olive-oils