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Australian extra-virgin olive oils – some of the world’s best!

Australian extra-virgin olive oils – some of the world’s best!

We recently visited Rylstone Olive Press , an olive oil producer in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. The Rylstone olive oils are award winners, not only in Australia but internationally against traditional olive growing countries like Greece, Spain and Italy. In 2013 two of their oils — the Rylstone Cudgegong and Crooked River oils — won Gold Medals and Best of Show at the inaugural world Olive Oil Show 2013 in New York!

6 March 2019 by Catherine Saxelby

Olive oils – what do all the classifications mean?

Olive oils – what do all the classifications mean?

Olive oil is a key ingredient of the famed Mediterranean diet. It has been credited with reduced cholesterol; lower rates of heart...

11 May 2016 by Catherine Saxelby

My visit to see the Cobram Estate olive harvest

My visit to see the Cobram Estate olive harvest

I’m a great fan of extra virgin olive oil so was delighted to have the chance to fly to the Boundary Bend olive grove in Mildura in...

20 May 2015 by Catherine Saxelby

‘Spoon salad’

‘Spoon salad’

(chopped tomato, walnut and sumac salad) I love this salad at the end of summer when tomatoes are ripe and plentiful and fresh...

13 March 2015 by Catherine Saxelby

This salad is a real BBQ super star!

This salad is a real BBQ super star!

Glenda bishopWe all love a BBQ in summer but they're often meat-heavy and that's not good; what's more the salads on offer are...

14 January 2015 by Guest post

My lunch at Tanya’s Raw Food Café in Chelsea, London

My lunch at Tanya’s Raw Food Café in Chelsea, London

A 100% Raw Food Diet isn’t for me but I do love how the raw kitchen methods make any veges and salads seem so attractive and...

19 November 2014 by Catherine Saxelby

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