And I use more olive oil than I used to because I learned how good olive oil is when it’s good.”Extra virgin olive oil is prized for its health benefits and distinctive flavour. As journalist Larry Olmsted suggests in his new book, Real Food/Fake Food (Algonquin Books, 2016), food fraud is rampant. “Michigan State University’s Food Fraud Initiative (FFI) estimates fraud at nearly fifty billion dollars annually. And I just kept my faith in the real food. “Both the actual Parma producers and Maple Leaf Meats can now sell Prosciutto di Parma, real and fake, in Canada,” Olmsted writes.

Source: National Post July 25, 2016 13:41 UTC