Description
| Product ID: | 9781848870062 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Extra Virginity |
| Subtitle: | The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil |
| Authors: | Author: Tom Mueller |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Agriculture, agribusiness and food production industries, Agriculture & related industries, Manufacturing industries, Cookery / food by ingredient, Food manufacturing & related industries, Cookery by ingredient |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Extra Virginity is a rich, fluid and evocative account of the history and alchemy of olive oil, and of how the finest artisanal oil-manufacturers - in the deep south of Italy, around the Mediterranean, in California, Down Under and beyond - are endangered by the widespread fraud of one of mankind's oldest and most versatile products. The best oils are made by authentic artist-craftsmen, who marry centuries-old agricultural wisdom with cutting-edge extraction technology, and now produce the finest oils in history. However, these producers are being steadily driven from the market: extra-virgin olive oil is difficult and expensive to make, yet alarmingly easy to adulterate. Skilled oil criminals are flooding the market with low-cost, faux extra-virgins, reaping rich profits and undercutting honest producers, whilst authorities in Italy, the US and elsewhere turn a blind eye. |
| Imprint Name: | Atlantic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Atlantic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-01-01 |