Olive oil and its varieties
There are many types of olive oils, classified by the variety of olive, where they come from, smell, taste, color … However, the four most common and that we will meet at our usual place of purchase, are: Extra Virgin Olive Oil Virgin Olive Oil Olive oil Pomace...Olive oil : a base ingredient in many recipes
Olive oil taste is a very refined product with exceptional quality. You should know that olive oil can be used not only in salads, but also in your dishes as a marinade, in seasoning, or even in baking. An easy recipe that you can make is marinated olives with herbs...
The olive tree: a tree with strong symbolism
In the Bible The olive tree is often quoted in the Bible. This tree is thus crowned. The most known story is the one where the dove of Noé brings with her an olive branch in its beak, meaning the end of the disaster. What had deserves it to be a peace symbol. Besides,...
Olive oil, health informations
An idea received would that olive oil is good for health, this idea is true. However, we must not believe that the only olive oil consumption is good for health. But its consumption causes positive effects on health but there are misconceptions about the effects on...Extra virgin Olive Oil, THE ORIGIN
There is a Greek myth which tells about how Athens was named. There were two gods who wish to name the great city with it's name, Atenea and Poseidon.
The Oracle of Delfos said that the one who gives the city the best gift would be the one to name it.
Poseidon build a river of salted water and Atenea created the olive tree.
Atenea won and the olive tree was the symbol and the most representative icon of the Greek and the Roman empires.
From the the olive tree humans extract the juice of the olives, the olive oil.
The Oracle of Delfos said that the one who gives the city the best gift would be the one to name it.
Poseidon build a river of salted water and Atenea created the olive tree.
Atenea won and the olive tree was the symbol and the most representative icon of the Greek and the Roman empires.
From the the olive tree humans extract the juice of the olives, the olive oil.