Product Ravings

You never know what will inspire me to get back on my soap box.   Months ago, it was hand lotion and today…  Olive oil.  Not just any olive oil though…  This one deserved a let­ter to Italy, which led to a deli­cious reunion.

Last Spring, my part­ner Jason and I drove across Ger­many, vis­it­ing local farmer’s mar­kets and eat­ing all the kohlrabi and fresh baked bread we could get our hands on.  While vis­it­ing a small mar­ket in Mün­ster, I asked a woman tend­ing a farm stand packed with fresh veg­eta­bles, olive oils, and vine­gars, which of the oils was her favorite.  She replied with an enthu­si­as­tic, “Def­i­nitely THIS one,” while hand­ing me a dark bot­tle of San Lorenzo’s “Olio Extra Vergine di’ Oliva”.

We could barely con­tain our­selves, pour­ing it over our home­made loaves and any­thing else that would soak up it’s rich, fruity fla­vor.  When the bot­tle sadly reached it’s end, I wrote the name on a piece of hotel paper and tucked it away with as much care (if not more) as my passport.

Recently, I was reminded of this piece of paper and the most deli­cious olive oil I have ever tasted.  I soon dis­cov­ered that it is not as read­ily avail­able as I had hoped– so I did what any olive oil lover would do, and wrote San Lorenzo a let­ter.   A few days later, I received a kind and gen­er­ous response, along with the con­tact infor­ma­tion of a woman in Ken­tucky who would end up mak­ing my day.   In short, the olive oil has (serendip­i­tously) JUST arrived in the U.S.  and is await­ing accep­tance from (of all places) Whole Foods Mar­ket!  Need­less to say, I’m thrilled.

In the mean­time, you can actu­ally find this oil here on Ama­zon!  I highly rec­om­mend giv­ing this a try.  Even if you are not as nutty about good olive oil as I am, I have a feel­ing you will not be disappointed…

Man­gia!
Enjoy…