If there's a single group of people I trust unequivocally, without any doubts, it's Italian chefs. I know that's a sweeping ...

MILAN — One-third of Italians have reduced their consumption of extra virgin olive oil, a mainstay of the Mediterranean diet, due to skyrocketing prices, according to a survey released Friday. But ...

ROME -- From specialty shops in Rome to supermarkets around the world, lovers of Italian olive oil are in for some sticker shock this year, with prices due to jump by as much as 20 percent. The ...

Last year's harvest fell to a 25-year low in Italy. Rome -- Italy's production of olive oil fell to a 25-year low of 185,000 tons last year -- a more than 57 percent drop in quantity from the ...

Chicago (CBS) -- Be careful if you plan on cooking up a tasty pasta dish this week, because there's an olive oil shortage halfway around the world. Quartino Restaurant cooks up close to 10,000 meals a ...

When picking a quality bottle of olive oil to dip your bread in -- or using olive oil to cook your favorite dishes -- visions of Italian olive groves and rolling countryside hills might come to mind.

The fragrance of brand-new olive oil is unmistakable. If you’ve ever experienced it, you’ll recognize it instantly ever after. When the oil is fresh from the press, it’s as intense and all-pervasive ...

What you need to know. — -- Behind the expensive price tag of a bottle of Italian extra-virgin olive oil are the effort, labor costs, and production that goes into it. Extra-virgin olive oil has ...

For decades, olive oil has been the golden standard of “healthy fats.” It sits proudly on kitchen counters, featured in ...

Curtis Cord, publisher of Olive Oil Times, tells NPR's Scott Simon about the olive oil crisis in Italy resulting from a downturn in the production cycle, freak weather conditions and bacteria. There's ...

Italy could soon be forced to import olive oil to stem a dramatic decline in production, a climate scientist has warned, as extreme weather events wreak havoc with harvests and threaten a shortage of ...

A cat's demand for a specific topping on his food has left viewers in stitches. TikTok user @imacheesecakenyc was visiting her parents in Italy when she noticed them adding olive oil to the cat's food ...