Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil (Audiobook)
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil (Audiobook) By Tom Mueller, read by Peter Ganim
Unabridged edition 2011 | 10 hours and 13 mins | ISBN: 1611203538 | MP3 64 kbps | 277 MB
Unabridged edition 2011 | 10 hours and 13 mins | ISBN: 1611203538 | MP3 64 kbps | 277 MB
E.V.O.O. just got a whole lot more complicated. Tom Mueller's Extra Virginity is about as explosive as an expose can get, at least if your subject is liquid fat. The road from tree to table, it turns out, is fraught with corruption, fraud, and laboratory interventions. Mueller shows how and why the trade in adulterated olive oil is about as profitable as the trade in some hard drugs, and with a lot less risk, too. There are equally entertaining detours into olive oil's long history, the politics of regulation and enforcement, and even debates over the best way to taste it (swirl, aerate, spit, or just swig?). All in all, it's a great read not just for foodies, but also for anyone interested in the complexities of global trade and organized crime.