New Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil


strong&quotMueller reveals] the brazen fraud in the olive oil industry and [teaches] readers how to sniff out the good stuff.&quot&#8213Dwght Garner, emNew York Times/em/strongFor millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life&#8217snecessities&#8213no just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious rituals. But this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt. A superbly crafted combination of cultural history and food manifesto, emExtra Virginity/em takes us on a journey through the world of olive oil, opening our eyes to olive oil&#8217srich past as well as to the fierce contemporary struggle between oil fraudsters of the globalized food industry and artisan producers whose oil truly deserves the name &quotexta virgin.&quot8 pages of illustrations


Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil


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