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Article: A slick of green gold
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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MONITOR: I'M ALL FOR local food. Ideally, everything I eat should
come from nearby. That is until I come to the question of salad and
dressings generally. I am a junkie for olive oil. I just adore it.
Bread, tomatoes, salad leaves, what on earth did we ever do before
the wide availability of this golden wonder. And then the other day
I came across Happy Heart Oil, winner in the sustainability category
at the Bord Bia National Organic Awards this year, writes HUGO
ARNOLD
I agree, the name is hardly promising. It doesn't quite have the
gravitas of any number of extra virgin, cold-pressed Italian,
Spanish or even French olive oils. Maybe it's the lack of
association with the sun. But then I ...