Aunt Mercedes' Chicken Pepitoria Recipe

Today we're sharing Aunt Mercedes' Chicken Pepitoria recipe — a delicious, one-of-a-kind dish for 4 people that you'll enjoy down to the very last bite. Ready to give it a try? Let's get into it! ...

Aunt Mercedes's Pork Knuckle Recipe

Today we're sharing Aunt Mercedes's legendary pork knuckle recipe. This dish is a family speciality that has been part of Mercedes's life since she was a little girl. Her grandmother taught it ...

Gourmet olive oil: the 3 differences that never make it onto the label

A few years ago, a grower from Puente Genil walked into a tasting in Córdoba alongside some of Spain's most decorated olive oils. No awards, no marketing campaign — just what he had made that year ...

Prima Mensa, a Love Story... (II)

As promised, I want to share with you the second part of the Story of Prima Mensa, a small dream we made come true, though not without a lot of hard work ;) If you missed the first part, you ca...

Prima Mensa, a love story... (I)

Miguel — you may remember him — is the grower who represents the 4th generation of an olive-farming family you'll know by the name of Olivar de San Miguel. Yes, it's thanks to him that we have ...

Aunt Geli's mayonnaise recipe… mmmmmmmm

Today we're sharing Aunt Geli's mayonnaise recipe — delicious and one of a kind. And you're probably wondering… who is Aunt Geli? 😄 Aunt Geli is 82 years old and cooks like nobody's business. She'...

We Have a Winner for the 2nd Mi Oliva Gourmet Club Giveaway

We have a winner of the 15 small bottles of Extra Virgin Olive Oil for taking part in the 2nd Giveaway of the Mi Oliva Gourmet Club! But first, we want to thank every one of you for your collabora...

How Olive Oil Was Made in 1968 (and the Line at Minute 9 That Still Rings True)

A scene-by-scene look at “Olivares andaluces” (NO-DO, 1968): knocking the olives from the branches with long poles, the pickers’ folk songs, the traditional esparto-mat press, and the line at minut...

Ode to Olive Oil by Pablo Neruda

We wanted to share with you this Ode to Olive Oil by Pablo Neruda, one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century. The greatest poet of the twentieth century in any language, a...

Oven-Roasted Chicken in a Special Extra Virgin Olive Oil Sauce

We're bringing you a new oven-baked chicken recipe with an olive oil sauce — super easy to make and ready in just 30 minutes. The result is genuinely impressive given how little time it takes and h...