“Australia has become one of the most consistent producers of high-quality oil because many of their farms are designed specifically for speedy pressing (plus, Australia has the world’s strictest laws governing olive oil quality).” — Larry Olmsted Copy Share Image
“California’s McEvoy Ranch makes high-quality real extra-virgin olive oil, available by mail order and at gourmet stores. McEvoy’s acclaimed oil maker, Deborah Rodgers, also recommends Australia’s Boulder Bend, sold under its Cobram Estate label in the United States. Cobram is… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share Image
“Bresse chicken, aka “the Queen of Poultry, the Poultry of Kings.” The first livestock of any kind to be granted AOC protection (1957), production… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Old World Bourdeaux, the noblest and most lauded of the many noble and lauded French wines. Like Champagne or Burgundy, Bourdeaux is both a… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Fake seafood is not a Florida problem or a Massachusetts problem or a New York City problem - it is an everywhere problem. Oceana… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Consumers ordering white tuna get a completely different animal, no kind of tuna at all, 94 percent of the time. Your odds of getting… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“KOBE BEEF OUTSIDE JAPAN This is much trickier, and the only three places in the United States I consider reliable are the restaurants in… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Australia has become one of the most consistent producers of high-quality oil because many of their farms are designed specifically for speedy pressing (plus,… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“In the case of Gruyère, Switzerland’s rarest grade, Le Gruyère Premier Cru, is one of the most critically acclaimed cheeses on earth: it is… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“My personal favorite of all these alpine specialties is raclette, which is sort of reverse fondue—instead of dipping food in melted cheese, you spread… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“naturally occurring spore in these caves can be used, and there are many other requirements too. The milk can only come from three specific… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Six hundred years after it became protected, there are still only seven producers allowed to make all of the real Roquefort cheese. Today, the… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Japan has a lot of really great beef, like Matsuzaka, but outside of Japan only Kobe is known,” said Troy Lee, an Australian who… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“The stainless-steel mold gives the cheese its disc shape, about ten inches thick and two feet in diameter. But the mold serves another increasingly… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“While Gstaad is one of the wealthiest places you can set foot in, unlike many similarly upscale spots, farming is not only tolerated here… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
“Australia enacted its best-in-class consumer protection regulation in 2011, it became the first country to ban misleading label terms such as “premium,” “super,” “light,”… — Larry Olmsted Copy Share
