Olive

Olive Pastes

Olive oil is not merely a type of fat; it stands for an entire alternative way of life.

The Romans were probably the first to make widespread use of olive oil in cooking and to eat olives in large quantities.

Croatia

The Mediterranean region. The Mediterranean Diet pyramid.

Harvesting, Pressing and Curing The riper the berry the more greasy and less pleasant the flavour of the oil. The best time for gathering olives, striking a balance between quality and quantity, is when the berries begin to turn dark. Pliny the Elder, Natural History

An olive tree does not reach its full productivity for 35 years and it is a plant that can endure for centuries.

The artisanal nature of oil pressing, even though assisted by very modern technologies, makes olive oil the epitome of the ‘un-processed’, the symbol of an untouched nature, of an anti-industrial world in which ‘poor’ methods and ‘poor’ food are preferable to the rich.

Cured olives