For many home cooks, the olive oil aisle can feel surprisingly complex. Labels go beyond origin or organic status, with terms like robust, smooth and cold-extracted raising questions. Understanding ...
Extra-virgin olive oil is an unrefined oil that is made by cold-pressing whole olives to extract their juices, resulting in grassy, fruity, or peppery notes. To be labeled extra-virgin, the olive oil ...
From years-long cultivation to climate shocks and trade tariffs, olive oil’s rising price reveals how fragile its supply chain really is.