BOOKS

Luigi Caricato, L'oro degli dei. L'antica e fascinosa storia dell'extra vergine delle Colline Salernitane e del Cilento (The Gold of Gods. The old and fascinating story of extra-virgin oil of Salerno and Cilento hills), Impronta Italia Edizioni; Salerno, April 2002; pages IX + 86, out of print edition.

In Campania, the area around Salerno is known as the greatest producing land of the whole region. Here, olives dominate the landscape and oil finds its higher expressive force.

Thanks to the two protected denominations of origin "Cilento" and "Colline Salernitane", oil productions are now more evident to the consumers. As a matter of fact, the European Union officially recognized them in order to better valorize their original typicality.

More than elsewhere, extra-virgin oils from Salerno carry unquestionable signs of the land. A wide variety of olives indeed, are strictly related to this cultivation area. (...)

Thus, in this charming land rich of history and traditions, Ancel Keys, the great American researcher, was very welcome. Keys, mostly known for spreading the image of olive oil all through the world, established the basis to start a study on the nutritional properties of this food. Oil is in fact a precious olive juice in all respects. It's nature's quintessence and its use is specially indicated for the well being. (...)

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