Olive Tree Lane "Once, I was on my way to California for a photo trip and I stopped at a wine shop in Colorado and discovered a book of photographs about California wine country by a wonderful photographer named Andy Katz. In it I found an image of a dirt road lined with some of the most perfect olive trees I have ever seen. The caption noted that the image was made at Schramsberg Vineyards. I...

I'm fond of olive oil and olives. I have a beautiful olive tree at home and I occasionally dream of making olive oil from the fruit*. Maybe this year. . .We go through litres and litres of olive oil ... for special occasions. I feel at home shopping for olive oil, the bottles and labels (full of geography and gustatory descriptors) remind me of wine.I like the language attached with olive oil tasting...

... for the first time this year, picking the olives from our lone olive tree located in the corner of one ... around the base of the tree.  There are several olive mills around that you can take your olives ... gone to borrow an olive-picking ladder from a farmer nearby, but I wasn't that serious, and there were maybe 30 more olives that I could have picked. Harvesting olives for olive oil takes place from...

The Texas Department of Agriculture reports the Lone Star State’s olive industry is poised for unprecedented growth in 2008, thanks to advances in olive tree production and an increased demand for olive oil. The industry was first established in 1994 with roughly 20,000 trees on four orchards. Today, the number of olive trees has grown to 97,000 with plans for another 25,000 plantings this fall...

The Nelson area has a lot of eateries, including one frequently-lauded establishment a few steps from our front door. But the locals I’d consulted had arrived at near-universal agreement: Flax (Mapua Wharf, Mapua) is the best of the bunch. And so, we choose it for our final restaurant meal in ...

... foccaccia and held lots of meat. Extra olive relish came on the side, always a good idea. Desserts ... in oatmeal with brown sugar and vanilla custard sauce, hustle on down. The Pitted Olive...

... a half hour after the first pitch at Busch Stadium. 400 Olive is in the lobby of the Hilton St ... it’s not worth the effort. 400 Olive Hilton St. Louis Downtown 400 Olive 314-554-7098...

My Mom laughed when I told her I was going to an all-day olive oil symposium. At that moment I ... to listen to technical people talk non-stop about olive oil for a whole day. Perhaps I should think ... ’s Go Cook Italian and her olive-oil maestro Paolo Pasquali of Villa Campestri in Tuscany. I’ve ... , health benefits… But since olive oil and wine have differences in addition to similarities, most...

Several out-of-the-area people have wanted to see the Sunset article (and so have some out-of-their-mind people, but that goes without saying...) Here are a couple of clips from it: the famous Quote, and Fermento in his tree. For the whole...

... patch of green back home. Which is where the Sardegnan tree hugger comes in. His nickname is Cecio. I ... and artichokes, olive trees and herbs grow in a slice of earth here, a patch there. In one spot he has ... would take on a piece of Carrara marble. With his chainsaw, he went about the tree, trimming here ... , flirting with the ladies, acting all sophisticated and urbane. But up in that tree I saw a man in his...