Extra Virginity

Download or read book Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil written by Tom Mueller and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Mueller reveals] the brazen fraud in the olive oil industry and [teaches] readers how to sniff out the good stuff." —Dwight Garner, New York Times 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."