favorite, most flavorful olive oil

Plain olive oil or one that is 'seasoned'


There is one of those fancy olive oil shops nearby that I always have a few things from.

It's not cheap, but it's the best extra virgin olive oil I've ever had.

plain

Agreed! Partanna in the can - olive oil from Sicily.

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I buy Costco premium EVOO for salads and bread and vegetable drizzle. I buy Costco light olive oil for everything else, cooking, roasting, saute, sear, etc.

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Same here. Another good place to find olive oil at reasonable prices is, believe it or not, Mona's. Next to their café on Banks St. is a small store operated by them and they have tons of great products on the shelves you will never find in conventional U.S. supermarkets, and at very reasonable prices.

It is hard to find good olive oil here in the US. The mafia apparently runs most of the olive oil production here and it is all cut with stuff and not true olive oil. I had a friend getting her MBA who had to do a whole case study on it, it was truly fascinating. To get true olive oil I would recommend paying the higher prices and go to a small spice shop to get real stuff from Spain, Greece, ect.

This shite is fantastic:

We like the fancy infused EVOOs at Red Stick Spice Co. in Baton Rouge. They are located in the Jefferson/Bocage area. It's definitely worth a stop if you have time.

You have to be careful with buying olive oil, because the vast majority that is sold is mixed with other oils. You can google articles detailing which are sold here in the States that are pure OO.

California Olive Ranch is one, and it's very good. They have a small lineup that ranges from buttery tasting to every day cooking. I highly recommend it.

I get most all of my finishing olive oils such as Pruneti from Fresh Pressed Olive Oil Club

Never have received anything that wasn't outstanding

Fresh Pressed