Pressing Times, The Olive Oil Source Newsletter

Several Industry Events Address Challenges

– by Caroline J. Beck, Editor

The olive oil industry began the New Year with a flurry of high profile events highlighting two primary issues that hold the domestic market back from explosive growth and business opportunity: how to increase usage and prevent a continuing pattern of fraud. On the heels of last year’s media attention paid to the publication of a new book Read more >>

Chef María José san Román – Queen of Saffron Adds Olive Oil to her Curriculum

– as told to Caroline J. Beck

The first thing you notice about Chef María José san Román is her infectious enthusiasm for all things culinary. A world-class chef with six restaurants in Alicante, including the Michelin-starred Monastrell and another Read more >>

Customers Guide New Product Additions

You asked for it. We got it. The Olive Oil Source recently announced the addition of several new products to our extensive product line Read more >>

Olives and Oranges: Recipes and Flavor Secrets from Italy, Spain, Cyprus, and Beyond, by Sara Jenkins and Mindy Fox

– by Caroline J. Beck

Reviewing a book doesn’t always mean reaching for the latest title on the release calendar; sometimes the best cookbooks are ones shelved under the “tried-and-true” category, with rough-edged pages from repeated use. Read more >>

First Impressions are Lasting Impressions

– by Caroline J. Beck

For many retail businesses, selling a product is the result of a powerful connection between two people: salesperson and Read more >>

Healthy Winter Salad

There are times when you can make a whole meal from a healthy, filling salad. When it is this tasty, it’s easy to serve yourself a nice bowl of this colorful dish with a little crusty bread, a glass of a cool, light Pinot Noir and call it dinner. Read more >>

The NEW “High-School Confidential”

– by Carol Firenze, The Passionate Olive

The secret is out – high school students love olive oil! When the 1958 movie High-School Confidential appeared, girls were taking home economics classes and boys were taking woodshop. Times have changed and so have notions about curriculum and gender-separated classes. Read more >>

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