How to recognize quality extra virgin olive oil

To recognize a quality olive oil it should not be an expert sommelier, but just follow few simple steps:

Visual test
The visual test, even if it seems trivial, can provide useful information about the strengths and weaknesses of the oil

Chili olive oil recipe

Do you like chili olive oil and do you want to try it at home? Nothing could be easier, especially if you follow step by step our recipe for a good oil, perfect for seasoning and give that extra special touch of flavor to your dishes!

Conditioner with olive oil and honey

The hair, all women mixed blessing. Who has curly hair wants straight hair and gave them to them to be curly hair and vice versa. People are never happy!
And what about the muggy and humid summer and the cold winter... Not to mention the evil little drop of water which neutralizes the job done! And the hair products, do we want to talk about? The perfect hair-addict, or hair products collector, if you prefer, can be recognized from the abnormal amounts of bottles stacked up on each shelf of the bathroom.

Organic farming and extravirgin olive oil

Organic farming; today everybody is talking about, but what is it really?
First of all, organic farming is a school of thought, which has as main aim the protection and the preservation of the earth and its inhabitants.
In a land polluted by pesticides, pollution and global warming, has developed the organic farming, which doesn’t produce on the basis of mere economic interests, but it produces sustainable and healthy food.

Olive oil around Italy thanks to Girolio

Olive oil around Italy?
A nice idea becomes reality on the 6th of November in Foggia with Girolio: eleven stages in the sign of the olive oil and typical Italian products.
A road trip n the most important olive oil producers regions, a route in the taste and flavors of the finest Italian tradition.
There are many initiatives among meetings, tastings, exhibitions and visits to mills.

The olive oil wardship

Today, almost everything can be forged. Although at first sight, the fake product could be mistaken for the original, but at a more deep and accurate exam differences are noticed. Since it is the quality the distinctive character of a good product.
Also the same may be said of the made in Italy food, since many years it has been object of a copying act, accomplished especially by China and America.

Secrets for a perfect frying

Which oil can we use for frying?
And here are unleashed different schools of thought. Who takes the part of seed oil, who have flaunts his deep love for the olive oil.
From a purely scientific point of view, the main quality that must to have a frying oil, is the stability, that is to say that the frying oil should not exceed the "smoke point" or "pyrolysis", in other words the frying oil doesn’t have to reach a temperature that can generate toxic substances for our body.

Risotto flavored with white truffle oil

An original gift, a delicious and tasty condiment for your recipes and a genuine product to keep in your pantry. What is this?
Aromatic olive oil italy or fruity olive oil, a product that you are also becoming popular in Italian market and in the foreign market is even preferred pure oil to flavor dishes. Initially it was made almost exclusively oil flavored with chili and it is now possible choose the flavor you prefer, from the parsley to rosemary, from basil to rocket, etc. ..