Pipirrana de Jaén is the salad that opens summer on every table in Andalusia. It comes from Jaén, the province that alone produces nearly a fifth of the world’s olive oil, and this simple dish rests entirely on the quality of a single ingredient: extra virgin olive...

Extra virgin olive oil tasting is a ritual I learned long before I had a name for it. I've never seen olive oil as just an ingredient. As a little girl, it was my game: I'd watch the droplets on my plate, glide, merge, split apart again. In my mother's kitchen, no...

The health benefits of olive oil are now widely recognised by the scientific community. A key ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, olive oil is often described as ‘liquid gold’. But beyond its delicate aroma and its delicious flavour in cooking, what real benefits...