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Article: Olive harvest party. (includes recipes and related articles on California's olive oils and olive oil labels)
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- Sunset
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- October 1, 1998
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An homage to the olive and its oil
In 1990, Nan McEvoy (right), former chairman of the board of the Chronicle Publishing Co., bought a 550-acre ranch near Petaluma, California, to give her city-dwelling grandchildren a place to play. And to make the property productive, she planted olive trees, which now give 300 of her friends a reason to play here too.
On a cloudy November afternoon last year, they lent a hand, gathering the fruit. Duties done, the guests trekked back to the ranch house and celebrated the harvest with a feast produced by Paul Bertolli, chef and co-owner of Oliveto Cafe & Restaurant in Oakland. The menu was saturated with olives and olive ...