For millennia, fresh olive oil has been one of life's necessities--not just as food but also as medicine, a beauty aid, and a vital element of religious rituals. But this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt. A superbly crafted combination of cultural history and food manifesto, Extra Virginity takes us on a journey through the world of olive oil, opening our eyes to olive oil's rich past as well as to the fierce contemporary struggle between oil fraudsters of the globalized food industry and artisan producers whose oil truly deserves the name "extra virgin."

Kate Windsor an Interior Designer has recently returned from Venice, Italy, to find she has inherited a letter with two keys, a safe deposit box and an 1840's home in Louisiana, Missouri. Can a treasure hidden in the basement of the home for nearly a century by Aunt Katherine help Kate find the meaning of true love even when Chase McDermott /CEO has kept an important secret from her? The answer is found in, A LOUISIANA INHERITANCE by Penny Garrison.

But what if this symbol of purity has become deeply corrupt? Starting with an explosive article inThe New Yorker, Tom Mueller has become the world's expert on olive oil and olive oil fraud-a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today's lax protections against fake and even toxic food products in the United States. A rich and deliciously readable narrative, Extra Virginity is also an inspiring account of the artisanal producers, chemical analysts, chefs, and food activists who are...