Author: Anne Dolamore Publisher: ISBN: 9781902304182 Category : Cookery (Olive oil) Languages : en Pages : 159
Book Description
Including over 100 recipes, this guide explains the growing, harvesting, pressing and tasting of olive oil. It describes the different olive varieties, their qualities and flavours, and provides a glossary of tasting terms as well as examining the medical research on its health benefits.
Author: Judy Ridgway Publisher: ISBN: 9780316852272 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction covers all aspects of olive oil production, describing cultivation, harvesting and pressing requirements and techniques. The differences between extra virgin and virgin olive oil are explained as are the characteristics of the different varieties of olive that are grown. Myths surrounding the use of oil for cooking are dispelled and important implications for a healthy diet are touched upon. The Directory which forms the main part of the book features over 100 oils, in each case looking at the history of the brand, its founders and its distinguishing taste. There is information on the land that the olives are grown on and how they are picked, together with unique characteristics about the oil-making process. At-a-glance information is provided on specific growing areas, annual produce, quality and other products available. Recipes from the users themselves offer a novel insight as to how they like to use their oil.
Author: Suzy Scherr Publisher: The Countryman Press ISBN: 1682686310 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 269
Book Description
Stay home, save money, savor your food, and support a healthy lifestyle—all with these two pantry powerhouses! Olive oil and sea salt are staples in most homes. They’re the key to simple pastas, luscious cakes, and savory preserves. But their benefits don’t stop there! Did you know that this pair is packed with healthy potential? They can support digestion, help maintain healthy heart function, and help regulate weight. What’s more, they’re among the best ingredients for natural home remedies. As she did with ginger and turmeric, Suzy Scherr now unveils the secrets of olive oil and sea salt. From easy recipes to personal wellbeing, Scherr gives readers the tools they need to support the lifestyle they want. Combine the two to preserve foods and stock the shelves for self-sufficiency, mix up recipes for sunburn soothers and lip balm, or get cleaning with natural shoe polish and countertop scrubs. Whether readers want to use the oil and salt together or separately, this newest edition to the Countryman Pantry series helps them achieve a greener, healthier lifestyle.
Author: Simon Poole Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 1472138457 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 335
Book Description
Winner of the World Best Mediterranean Cuisine Book - the Dun Gifford Prize - in the Gourmand Best in World awards, also the National Best Diet Book in the 'for the public' category. 'Useful, attractive and captivating' Olive Oil Times Is it true that two tablespoons of olive oil a day can halve your risk of heart disease and help sustain weight loss? Can olive oil kill cancer cells, fight Alzheimer's Disease, revive a failing heart and even turn off bad genes? The Olive Oil Diet takes an authoritative look at the science behind the headlines. Recent studies have shown that a diet based around olive oil will significantly improve your health, well-being and vitality. It will also help you maintain a healthy weight and avoid heart disease, stroke and diseases such as cancer, diabetes and dementia. All olive oils are not the same, however. This book also explores the effects of diverse varieties of olives, growing techniques and oil-production methods on the health-giving properties - and flavour - of different oils. With over 100 delicious recipes, it points the way to those extra virgin oils and food combinations that are likely to do you the most good. This fascinating journey to the heart of the Mediterranean reveals the extraordinary health secrets of nature's original superfood.
Author: Suzy Scherr Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1682686302 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Stay home, save money, savor your food, and support a healthy lifestyle—all with these two pantry powerhouses! Olive oil and sea salt are staples in most homes. They’re the key to simple pastas, luscious cakes, and savory preserves. But their benefits don’t stop there! Did you know that this pair is packed with healthy potential? They can support digestion, help maintain healthy heart function, and help regulate weight. What’s more, they’re among the best ingredients for natural home remedies. As she did with ginger and turmeric, Suzy Scherr now unveils the secrets of olive oil and sea salt. From easy recipes to personal wellbeing, Scherr gives readers the tools they need to support the lifestyle they want. Combine the two to preserve foods and stock the shelves for self-sufficiency, mix up recipes for sunburn soothers and lip balm, or get cleaning with natural shoe polish and countertop scrubs. Whether readers want to use the oil and salt together or separately, this newest edition to the Countryman Pantry series helps them achieve a greener, healthier lifestyle.
Author: Roberto Bosi Publisher: Pavilion Books, Limited ISBN: 9781862053342 Category : Cookery (Olive oil). Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Olive oil has become the most important ingredient in cooking today. In existence as we know it now for over 1000 years, it is virtually a staple ingredient in our diets. But the story started over 6000 years ago, and Olive Oil tells this story.'
Author: Cal Orey Publisher: Kensington Books ISBN: 9780758222213 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
"A fascinating read—olive oil is not only delicious—it is good medicine!" —Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D. "One of our most important foods. This book deserves to be in everybody's home library." —Elson M. Haas, M.D., author of Staying Healthy with Nutrition, 21st Century Edition Discover Olive Oil's Extraordinary Powers! Revised and updated, this indispensible book reveals why chefs, doctors, and nutritionists all love extra virgin olive oil, a key ingredient in the Mediterranean Diet—and why other healthful oils from vegetables, fruits, and nuts are not far behind. You'll find easy recipes for satisfying foods like Pizza Baguettes with Garlic Oil, Fudgy Coconut Oil Brownies, Honey-Citrus-Olive Oil Fruit Kabobs, and Macadamia Nut Oil Cookies. Also included: home cures that beat colds and reduce pain, beauty and household secrets, and pet care tips that really work! Deliciously healing surprises. . .. The art of using olive oil for mind, body, and spirit goes back 6,000 years. Hippocrates, "the father of medicine," used olive oil in over 60 healing remedies. New research confirms that olive oil can help lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes, and it can stall age-related diseases. Combining olive oil with other oils (like coconut and macadamia nut oils), can help combat fatigue, infections, and insomnia, and help you fight fat and shape up! Bring on the butter—especially the right kind and right amount. When paired with oils, this twentieth-century "forbidden" saturated fat is a new twenty-first-century health food. "Orey gives kudos to olive oil—and people of all ages will benefit from her words of wisdom." —Dr. Will Clower, CEO Mediterranean Wellness
Author: Judy Ridgway Publisher: ISBN: 9781840923902 Category : Oils and fats Languages : en Pages : 192
Book Description
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew are home to one of the most impressive plant collections in the world, with more than 37,000 different species from every kind of habitat - tropical rainforest, desert, grassland savanna, alpine meadow and coral reef. In this book Heather Angel, a qualified biologist and a leading natural-history photographer, highlights a selection of plants on view at Kew, and examines the way in which they have adapted to cope with the rigours of their natural environment. Many of the plants featured exhibit unusual structures or design.
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