Olive Oil

8 Food Frauds To Look Out For At The Grocery Store

SmartMoney | Kelli B. Grant | Posted 04.20.2012

This article originally appeared on SmartMoney.com Most consumers know to ignore emails alerting them to foreign lottery winnings and to steer clea...

The 7 Most Common Food Frauds

Posted 04.06.2012

The April issue of the Journal of Food Science analyzes the most adulterated ingredients -- in other words, the most common instances of food fraud. F...

Free Trade Like Manna From Heaven for Middle East Entrepreneurs

James Doran | Posted 05.28.2012

James Doran

The free-zone model should be given equal consideration by the new governments as they forge important new ties.

10 Cooking Oil Tips

Laura Kumin | Posted 05.07.2012

Laura Kumin

Experienced cooks may not find much new in these tips. But for those who find the array of cooking oils in the grocery store to be mystifying, if not confounding, these tips may help.

Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

Solmaz Wein | Posted 04.23.2012

Solmaz Wein

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Best Fried Egg Ever: The Ingredient That Makes All the Difference

David Rosengarten | Posted 04.14.2012

David Rosengarten

Here's a step-by-step guide to success in making one egg. Best of all, the dish is a snap to make... and shines at breakfast, as a luncheon dish, or as a first course in a rustic dinner party.

How America And The 'New York Times' Get Olive Oil Wrong

Tom Mueller | Posted 02.28.2012

Tom Mueller

American oil is in such a bad way because oil merchants aren't held to the same truth in labeling as they are in syrup, and can package every oil, fresh or rancid, genuine or soybean-laced, with the same meaningless label: "extra virgin, first cold pressed, bla bla bla."

9 Natural Ingredients For Better Skin In The New Year

Svetlana Feller | Posted 02.25.2012

Svetlana Feller

I have put together a list of foods (that you likely have in your kitchen) for their nutritional benefits. They do wonders for your skin -- both internally and topically!

Deck the Halls With Health

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 02.18.2012

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

There's more to these plants than merely decking the halls on the holiday season. Some of them are among the more interesting and promising subjects of medical research.

Formulating the Foolproof Foodie Menu

Anna Brones | Posted 02.12.2012

Anna Brones

Here is a foolproof guide to help you along your way to launching a successful business, one that's sure to get you plenty of write-ups in the blogosphere and, more importantly, tweets from food nerds.

Georgia Farmers Make, Sell Olive Oil For First Time In Over A Century

AP | By RUSS BYNUM | Posted 12.10.2011

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Jason Shaw says his first fall harvest yielded fruit for no more than 500 bottles, just enough to sell at select tastings and to shar...

20 Bizarre Household Uses For Olive Oil

Posted 11.19.2011

From EcoSalon's Stephanie Rogers: Olive oil glides into place as a must-have household and beauty product. Life without olive oil would be sad i...

Do You Use The Best Extra-Virgin Olive Oil?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 11.23.2011

Are you in an olive oil rut? If you're anything like us, you may tend to grab the same bottle over and over on rushed trips to the grocery store. And ...

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Taste Test

KitchenDaily | KitchenDaily Editors | Posted 11.23.2011

Are you in an olive oil rut? If you're anything like us, you may tend to grab the same bottle over and over on rushed trips to the grocery store. And ...

The Healing Power Of Olive Oil

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 11.10.2011

Barbara Hannah Grufferman

My favorite beauty "secret" (which sure wasn't a secret to the ancient Greeks or my grandmother) is using olive oil on just about every part of your body, inside and out.

Early Branch Peach, Apricot Pesto Pasta Recipe

Laura Klein | Posted 11.07.2011

Laura Klein

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Another Health Benefit?

David Perlmutter, M.D. | Posted 10.16.2011

David Perlmutter, M.D.

One nutritional approach gaining a lot of attention because of its important role in protecting the heart -- as well as reducing the risk for diabetes and various forms of cancer -- is the so-called Mediterranean diet.

Blood And Sweat: Wine And Olive Oil In Italy's Deep South

Honest Cooking | Posted 09.06.2011

Honest Cooking

Emiko Davies from Honest Cooking explores the cool earthiness of an underground olive oil mill and the fruity explosion of sun-soaked wines as they co...

Double Duty: Kitchen Staples That Make You Prettier And Healthier

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 07.29.2011

Barbara Hannah Grufferman

These items are probably in your home already ... so why not use them for better health and beauty without spending any extra money?

Cooking Oils: What’s Healthy And What’s Not

Pure and Simple with Michel Nischan | Posted 07.27.2011

We've all heard that certain types of oil are healthy for us -- studies have found, for instance, that two tablespoons of olive oil a day may be linke...

The Best Canned Seafood

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 07.17.2011

Find. Eat. Drink.

In Spain, canning seafood is considered a desirable gourmet treat. Fresh seafood is preserved in its own juices or premium olive oil, with just a touc...

Oil Up! It's National Mediterranean Diet Month

Neil Zevnik | Posted 07.14.2011

Neil Zevnik

Only in the recent past have we discovered just how potent this green-gold elixir is, and the amazing role it plays in fighting disease and increasing longevity for those who enjoy its fragrant deliciousness.

The Mediterranean Diet: It's Not Just About Food

Georgianna Donadio, MSc, Ph.D., D.C. | Posted 07.12.2011

Georgianna Donadio, MSc, Ph.D., D.C.

A point that is often missed by the media is that health is not isolated to one's diet. The whole health of an individual is about the physical, emotional, nutritional, environmental and even spiritual components.

Must Have Beauty Products: Olive and Argan Oil, from Kelly Ripa

Posted 07.26.2011

Talk show host and working mother Kelly Ripa sings the praises of two natural skin care solutions. if(typeof AOLVP_cfg==='undefined')AOLVP_cfg=[];...

A Natural Painkiller?

Leo Galland, M.D. | Posted 06.26.2011

Leo Galland, M.D.

Could a traditional food have pain- and inflammation-reducing effects similar to over the counter pain medicine like ibuprofen? Scientists from It...