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Subtitled "The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil". A rich, fluid, and evocative account of the history and alchemy of olive oil, and of how the finest artisanal oil-manufacturers are endangered by the widespread fraud of one of mankind's oldest and most versatile products.
Synopsis
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, in the Antipodes and beyond - are endangered by the widespread fraud of one of mankind's oldest and most versatile products.