Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

Title: Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
Author: Tom Mueller
ISBN: 9780393343618
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 288
Section: Cooking | History
Publisher Description:

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 rituals. But this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt. A superbly crafted combination of cultural history and food manifesto, Extra Virginity takes us on a journey through the world of olive oil, opening our eyes to olive oil's rich 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 "extra virgin."