"Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil"
Tom Mueller
I really don't know what I was expecting, but this book was complex, detailed, and quite interesting. It is also a beautifully written book, with big glorious scoops of adjectives and metaphors soaking nearly every sentence (I tried it there myself). I had no idea that so much went into the production of Olive oil. Apparently extra virgin olive oil is a very specific and premium substance, and one that is often the object of fraud and illegality. A good portion of oil labelled as EVOO is actually cut with or adulterated by lower grade oil (anything marked "Light Olive Oil" is almost certainly cut with low grade vegetable oil). He also goes into the historical and agricultural aspects of oil, which I enjoyed very much. A very enjoyable read. The narrator was especially good, too. #whatIreadin2017
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