I'm sure you've noticed that while some olive oil can be procured at the local supermarket for about five bucks a bottle, other options (often packaged in very pretty bottles suitable for flower arrangements) can cost more than a bunch of venti lattes and a good bottle of wine.
Green Table Blogger, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, provides some pretty useful tips to consider next time you're out olive oil shopping. To wit: olive oils labeled "first cold pressing" or "extra virgin," are worth more money because they're difficult to make and taste the best. However, you don't need to douse everything you cook with EVO-just use it for raw food preparations and alongside ingredients that won't overpower it. Use cheaper stuff like canola oil when doing any high heat cooking because olive oil has a lower smoking point. And "light" olive oil, "pumace" olive oils and "pure" olive oil are all a crock-don't waste your money on them (instead why not blow it on a bottle of wine and/or a week's supply of lattes?).
If you want to cut the cost of fancy flavored olive oil, then just DIY. Here's a recipe for rosemary and parsley flavored olive oil.
Debunker's verdict: Some olive oils are better than others-spend accordingly.
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Fancy olive oil: worth the money?
By Maggie Nemser, Shine staff | Shine Food – Wed, Apr 2, 2008 12:19 AM EDTWe apologize. An error has occurred. Please try again.
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