Jan 2nd, 2007 · In some quarters this past holiday season, a popular gift was an elegant bottle of extra-virgin olive oil. In Italy, it's the season for the olive harvest. Workers are busy in the Tuscan countryside producing what has been called "liquid gold."
Oct 18th, 2006 · Gourmet olive oil is a lot like wine -- and easily as expensive a habit. Sixteen-ounce bottles of the finest oil can run $30 or more, giving new meaning to Homer's description of it as "liquid gold." Howard Yoon shares the lessons he learned about buying and using fine olive oils.
Oct 14th, 2006 · For the past 18 years, the town of Harlem, Ga., has celebrated its somewhat tenuous connection to Oliver Hardy, the plump half of the famed comic duo, Laurel and Hardy. It's the world's only Oliver Hardy Festival.
Aug 20th, 2006 · Oliver Stone, known for sweeping films about contemporary America, from Wall Street to JFK to Nixon, tells a much tighter story in World Trade Center. He talks about working with a script based on conversations with the men involved in a gripping story of survival.
Aug 2nd, 2006 · Olive Ascolana is a culinary signature of Le Marche, a region of Italy that lies between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Writer Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs learned how to make the meat-stuffed, nutmeg-scented treats during a recent trip to Italy.
Mar 15th, 2006 · After years of separate musical paths, the brothers Oliver and Chris Wood have released their debut, Ways Not To Lose. The album marks a reunion for the brothers: Oliver had formed the blues-based King Johnson, while Chris is a member of Medeski, Martin and Wood.
Jan 21st, 2006 · Palestinian farmers and human rights groups are demanding the Israeli police and army do more to protect Palestinian farmland from vandalism by militant Jewish settlers.