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Extra Virgin or Greasy Harlot?

Extra Virgin or Greasy Harlot?

Adrian Batten
Nov 04, 2016
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The olive has been with us for some 8,000 years. Its oil has been a treasured culinary companion around the Mediterranean basin for most of that time. In the past 40 years olive oil’s appeal has gone global. So much so that there is now a shortage and prices have risen dramatically. So has the associated fraud. Here’s what that means for us in Asia.

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