Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

Tom Mueller

ISBN 10: 0393343618 / ISBN 13: 9780393343618

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2013

For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life?s necessities?not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious rituals. But this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt. A superbly crafted combination of cultural history and food manifesto, Extra Virginity takes us on a journey through the world of olive oil, opening our eyes to olive oil?s rich past as well as to the fierce contemporary struggle between oil fraudsters of the globalized food industry and artisan producers whose oil truly deserves the name "extra virgin.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CIN0393343618VG

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For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities-not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious rituals. But this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt. A superbly crafted combination of cultural history and food manifesto, Extra Virginity takes us on a journey through the world of olive oil, opening our eyes to olive oil's rich past as well as to the fierce contemporary struggle between oil fraudsters of the globalized food industry and artisan producers whose oil truly deserves the name "extra virgin."

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Tom Mueller's writing has appeared in The New Yorker, National Geographic, New York Times Magazine, and Atlantic. He is the author of the New York Times best-selling Extra Virginity about food fraud, and Crisis of Conscience on whistleblowers and their enemies.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous ...
Verlag: WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good