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Authors: Carol Firenze
The Passionate Olive
Copyright © 2005 by Carol Firenze Anglin
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Firenze, Carol.
The passionate olive / by Carol Firenze.—1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-48940-1
1. Cookery (Olive oil) 2. Olive oil.
3. Olive oil—Health aspects. I. Title.
TX819.O42F573 2005
641.3′463—dc22 2004052548
Ballantine Books website address:
www.ballantinebooks.com
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To Jeff and Jaimie
,
Victoria, Evan
,
Isabella, and Christiana
with Love … and Olive Oil
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
who contributed their thoughts, experiences, and encouragement to this book that it is impossible to thank everyone in this short space. First of all, I would like to thank my dear friend and colleague Kathy Welch, who read every word of the manuscript, more than once, and masterfully added her ever-so-delightful comments. A special thank-you to Darrell Corti, who has spent a lifetime studying food, wine, and olive oil, for so graciously contributing his annotations to the book, and to olive oil expert Roberto Zecca, who offered guidance and whose name is mentioned to me in delightful conversations with olive oil producers wherever I go in my travels.
I would like to thank everyone’s favorite cook, my mother Gigi Firenze, for her love of family and wonderful cooking, and for starting me on my path to being passionate about olive oil. She happily shared her family recipes and formulas. The other recipes are the brilliant work of Erik Cosselmon, executive chef of Cetrella Bistro & Café in Half Moon Bay, California—recently acclaimed as one of the
San Francisco Chronicle’s
“Best Restaurants in the Bay Area.” A special thank-you to the first members of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil Club: Midge Firenze, Ilse Palms, Marilee Irwin, Kathy Welch, and Marsha Felice; and exofficio member Karry DeVincenzi Lensing, my cousin, who offered her cooking, health, and beauty tips. I would also like to thank Ellen Hongo and Watson, the basset hound, for pet recipes, and author Samantha Glen, who guided my journey toward publication.
A special thank-you to Maureen O’Neal and Johanna Bowman of Ballantine Books, and to my agent, Judith Riven, who believed in my book from the start and who is now religiously taking one tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in the morning upon rising. Also to author Marlena de Blasi, who wrote the foreword, capturing her love of olive oil. Thanks to Paulo Lima, from the Italian Cooking & Living company; Jose Guerra and Elisabet Aguirre, from the Trade Commission for Spain; Patty Darragh and Bruce Golino from the California Olive Oil Council; Fabrizio Vignolini, director of the ONAOO; Xavier Marquès of NursTech, Inc.; Jennifer Lionti and Teresa D’Errico, from Colavita, USA; and Margie L. Preston of Interlace Design, for her magnificent and masterful watercolor illustrations.
Thank you to Dale Bryant, Mary Ursettie, Wareen Matukas, Maureen O’Connell, Emmy Moore Minister, Brenna Bolger, China Ziegenbein, Dylia Klatt, Hildy and Jim DeFrisco, Kareen Lambert, Marcia Riggio, Michael Bertoldo, Angela Di Blasi, Lillian Zappelli, Father Arthur Lenti, Rabbi Leslie Alexander, Kanella Sarros, Senia and Mark Feiner, Maria and Desmond Forbes, Brent Hewlett, Ralph Moceo (president of the Mostaccioli Club), Marge Bosetti, Keli Dietrich and Kristin Bosetti (who, at their own olive-oil weekend retreat, tested all of the beauty formulas), the John Bruzzone family (whose brainstormed list of olive oil uses are documented on a cocktail napkin), and Colleen Petersen, a non-Italian friend who, after reading the manuscript, asked “What’s a
nonno?”
prompting me to explain Italian references.
Thank you to my
famiglia
and
amici
in Italy: Marta, Graziella, and Mauro Maurri, Anna Maria and Luciano Panero, Elisabetta Marchi, Patrizia and Massimo Cucchi, and Raffaella Sforza. And a special thanks to Walter McCall, DVM; Drs. Richard Coughlin, Irving Olender, and Catherine Grellet; Liz Summerhayes, NP, CNM, and … of course, to my favorite dermatologist.
And finally to my son, Jeff, his wife, Jaimie, and my four grandchildren—Victoria, Evan, Isabella, and Christiana—who, whenever a problem occurs, whether it be my son has an earache or my daughter-in-law has to polish an antique table for a special family dinner, or one of my granddaughters experiences a sunburn, or my grandson needs to take off his fake tattoos and fast!
… Nonna
Carol always has the cure. Just reach for the olive oil!
CONTENTS
1)
CLEAN AND POLISH SLATE, TILE, AND HARDWOOD FLOORS
2)
CLEAN PEWTER
3)
CLEAN WAX OFF CANDLEHOLDERS
4)
REMOVE CORRECTION FLUID FROM ONE’S HANDS OR THE FURNITURE
5)
REMOVE PAINT FROM SKIN
6)
DUST FURNITURE
7)
CLEAN THE AIR AND ILLUMINATE A ROOM
8)
REMOVE TAR SPOTS
9)
HYDRATE PEARLS AND POLISH DIAMONDS
10)
PRESERVE WOODEN UTENSILS AND CUTTING BOARDS
11)
RESTORE ANTIQUE FURNITURE
12)
SAFEGUARD FRYING PANS
13)
PRESERVE KNIVES
14)
PROTECT AND PRESERVE SMALL HAND TOOLS
15)
LUBRICATE GEARS
16)
POLISH GUNS
17)
PRESERVE BASEBALL MITTS AND GIVE BATS GREATER SPRING
18)
LUBRICATE AND POLISH SKIS, SNOWBOARDS, SKATEBOARDS, AND IN-LINE SKATES
19)
REJUVENATE A PALM OR FERN AND MAKE PLANTS GLISTEN
20)
LUBRICATE SQUEAKY HINGES
21)
POLISH FURNITURE
22)
POLISH BRASS
23)
APPLY TO STUCK ZIPPERS
24)
POLISH LEATHER SHOES
25)
SUBSTITUTE FOR LINSEED OIL ON SADDLES AND OTHER TACK
26)
USE AS AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION FLUID—EMERGENCY ONLY!
27)
HELP RAISE HDL (GOOD CHOLESTEROL) AND LOWER THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE
28)
USE AS AN ANTIOXIDANT
29)
CALM THE STOMACH AND HELP THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
30)
USE AS A NATURAL LAXATIVE
31)
AID IN PREVENTING GALLSTONES
32)
EASE THE PAIN OF ARTHRITIS AND BURSITIS
33)
AID IN THE PREVENTION OF COLON CANCER
34)
RELIEVE COLDS, SORE THROATS, AND COUGHS
35)
REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL
36)
TREAT EAR COMPLAINTS
37)
USE FOR A SOOTHING ENEMA
38)
KILL HEAD LICE
39)
SOOTHE FROSTBITE
40)
TREAT CUTS, BLISTERS, AND SUNBURNS
41)
SOOTHE DRY OR CHAPPED SKIN
42)
RELIEVE MUSCLE CRAMPING
43)
REPEL INSECTS
44)
SUFFOCATE A TICK
45)
RELIEVE JELLYFISH OR MAN-OF-WAR STINGS
CHAPTER FIVE
Beauty Is Skin Deep
46)
DISCOVER
THE
ULTIMATE BEAUTY SECRET
47)
REJUVENATE DRY SKIN
48)
SMOOTH OUT WRINKLES
49)
EXFOLIATE WITH AN OLIVE OIL SALT GLOW
50)
MASSAGE FEET
51)
MASSAGE THE BODY
52)
SOAP YOUR ENTIRE BODY
53)
REMOVE EYE MAKEUP
54)
USE IT AS A FACIAL MASK
55)
SOOTHE SENSITIVE SKIN AFTER WAX TREATMENTS
56)
SHAVE WITH IT
57)
REJUVENATE YOUR LIPS
58)
CONDITION DRY HAIR
59)
MAKE A WARM-OIL TREATMENT FOR THE HAIR
60)
TREAT DANDRUFF AND HAIR LOSS (WELL, MAYBE)
61)
CONTROL FRIZZ AND CREATE SHINE
62)
IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE OF NAILS AND CUTICLES
63)
STRENGTHEN NAILS
64)
SOFTEN HANDS
CHAPTER SIX
Olive Oil and Sensuality
65)
BATHE IN IT
66)
DRIZZLE IT ON … THE BODY
