Article: Olive harvest party. (includes recipes and related articles on California's olive oils and olive oil labels)

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 ...

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