Sun & Olive Oil : Stories and recipes about fascinating flavors of the Mediterranean

Extra virgin olive oil, the highest category of olive oil, is the purest juice of the olive fruit, an elixir for life. When crafted with utmost care, it is the expression of the local land and Nature’s rich biodiversity. With its abundant flavour palette, fine mastership in the kitchen and invaluable health benefits it is unparalleled to any other lipid. A rare gem and noble super food, which each one of us deserves to have in the kitchen, day after day.Sun & Olive Oil has come to life in a pursuit of bonding knowledge and flavour in one authentic creative space. Anna Petkova, an olive oil sommelier and a flavour catcher, shares her accumulated knowledge about extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and its unique benefits in 9 themes, presented “In the fascinating world of Extra virgin olive oil” (part One). What makes this book unique is its deep dive in EVOO flavour diversity and how it magically bonds with food to harmonise, enrich and transform it. Anna’s EVOO profiling into 3 categories “Sunny olive oils”, “Golden center olive oils” and “Olive oils Beyond” is a practical guide how to choose and pair EVOO with various products & dishes, given each olive cultivar’s Fruitiness & Pungency intensity.With devotion to MedDiet and intuitive food and cooking, to local and simple delicious food, Anna brings Nature on a plate with her 32 signature recipes in “ Food for the body and the soul” (part Two). All the dishes are an expression of the Seasons and uniquely pair with 19 distinct extra virgin olive oil varieties from Italy, Greece, Spain and Turkey. These were creatively explored by Anna in 2019-20 in her kitchen and are presented in the book, to gratify an ultimate delight for the senses.Sun & Olive Oil is dedicated to all of us, flavour enthusiasts and lovers of pure genuine taste from Nature! It is for those who love elaborated simplicity and the subtle creative flow of cooking. For the curious searchers who know how to celebrate knowledge and new exciting flavour journeys.Sun & Olive oil is a love book for inspiration and happiness with the food. Read more