Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A fascinating book about the olive oil world, a place as murky as a balsamic vinaigrette.
It is fascinating and disheartening that the, apparently, most regulated food product in the world has the most rampant corruption and false-labeling issues. Issues that have been documented in Roman times and earlier cuneiform tablets. The American market appears both particularly rife with this potentially dangerous issue. However, the size and vibrancy of the same market offers the hope of redemption in the same way wine was: quality-conscious buying and legally verified/validated labelling.
The fact that quality food needs to be sought recalls to me [b:In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto|315425|In Defense of Food An Eater's Manifesto|Michael Pollan|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347559078s/315425.jpg|3100234] and the economic angle, cheap olive oil begets adulterated and falsely labeled products, recalls the motivations that led inexecrably to factory farms as laid out in [b:Eating Animals|6604712|Eating Animals|Jonathan Safran Foer|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327877480s/6604712.jpg|3149322].
At the end there is a lengthy and detailed glossary and resource listing of Web sites and blogs. Probably a great addition to the physical copies, this doesn't make for compelling listening on an audiobook.
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