Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil [Paperback]

Tom Mueller is, in turn, chemist, explorer, scholar and bard, infusing the narrative with a sense of wonder.In covering an industry that has its heroes and villains, author Tom Mueller does a splendid job of sorting out the players and demystifying the product.Passionately written yet clear-headed&Mueller builds a convincing case for olive oil as one of the most miraculous and versatile substances in all of nature.Mueller does for his subject what Susan Orlean did for orchids.[ [Mueller reveals] the brazen fraud in the olive oil industry and [teaches] readers how to sniff out the good stuff. Dwight Garner,