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Article: The new olive oil
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- Deerfield Review (IL)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2006
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If Rick and Kathi Petrocelly have their way, olive oil will replace butter, margarine and other oils as a food preparation staple. And with good reason.
"I think Americans are getting in tune with the health benefits of olive oil," said Rick, a self-described foodie of Mundelein who, with his wife, owns the two-month-old specialty shop, The Olive Tap in Long Grove. "Olive oil reduces the bad cholesterol and raises the good cholesterol," he said.
Rick, who began cooking in his family's restaurant in Pittsburgh at 15, explained that those health benefits abound in extra virgin olive oil, which is packed with antioxidants in its unrefined state. Pure olive oil, however, is refined -- heated -- ...