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Extra virginity : the sublime and scandalous world of olive oil

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For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities, not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious ritual. Today's researchers are continuing to confirm the remarkable, life giving properties of true extra-virgin, and "extra-virgin Italian" has become the highest standard of quality. But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt? Starting with an explosive article in The New Yorker, the author has become the world's expert on olive oil and olive oil fraud, a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today's lax protections against fake and even toxic food products in the United States. It is also an account of the artisanal producers, chemical analysts, chefs, and food activists who are defending the extraordinary oils that truly deserve the name "extra-virgin."

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  • ISBN: 9780393343618
  • Physical Description: 257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations

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Formatted Contents Note:
1 Olives and Lives 15 -- 2 Oil Bosses 41 -- 3 Olives Sacred and Profane 67 -- 4 Lovely Burn 89 -- 5 Industrial Oil 111 -- 6 Food Revolutions 131 -- 7 New Worlds of Oil 159.
Subject: Olive oil > History.
Olive oil industry > Corrupt practices.
Olive > Folklore.

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