California-Grown Extra Virgin Olive Oil from California Olive Ranch

Cruets.com recently was featured on California Olive Ranch’s new blog catering to chefs. Based in Oroville, Calif., California Olive Ranch is North America’s largest producer of extra virgin olive oil. It’s aiming to do for California olive oil what Napa Valley winemakers did for California wine back in the 1970s. 

To make the freshest possible extra virgin olive oil, the company uses an innovative system that speeds up the process of harvesting the more than one million Spanish and Greek varietal olive trees it has planted in California. That way, it can rush the olives to the mill and quickly press them to extract the freshest possible flavor. 

More and more top chefs are turning to California Olive Ranch’s award-winning extra virgin olive oil to finish off their dishes. They drizzle the oil on grilled fish, roasted vegetables, salads and much, much more to kick up the flavor of the dish. A chef made the blood orange olive oil cake pictured here using California Olive Ranch extra virgin olive oil. Consumers, meanwhile, also are using the fresh, flavorful, aromatic oils in much the same way. 

California Olive Ranch makes four types of extra virgin olive oil: 

Find unique recipes, tips and information about extra virgin olive oil on California Olive Ranch’s chef blog as well as a new blog for consumers. The company also produces an eNewsletter chock full of information about seasonal vegetables and fruits as well as chefs and recipes.

California Olive Ranch’s extra virgin olive oil is a natural match for the hand-blown cruets offered by Cruets.com.

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Foodie Cuisine San Antonio Ron Smith on “The Resident Foodie”
Tune in at 550 AM, KTSA Saturday @ 3:30 pm

For those who are in the Lone Star State, tune in to a weekly culinary radio show, hosted by Ron Smith in San Antonio, Texas. Each week the show spotlights a local Chef and/or Restaurateur, a cookbook, a kitchen gadget or appliance, the hot eating spots, tasty food items, and the overall culinary buzz.  

At http://safoodie.com/ our listeners can find out more information on the items we discuss. Every Saturday, join Ron Smith, bringing culinary expertise to the Texas Hill Country. From Junction to Victoria, from Texas BBQ Ribs to Pecan Pie, its all covered here with a gourmet flair. Ron Smith has spent the last 18 years in the Culinary world, about half of that was in Restaurants and the other half was spent selling specialty food, produce, cheeses and other food products to Restaurants, Hotels, Country Clubs and Chefs.  His wife has spent the last 5 years of her career as the Executive Chef at Retama Park, using her skills and talents to create a fusion on Southern meets International Cuisine. Together they have developed an Internet Kitchen where Chefs, Gourmands, Culinarians and Foodies can come to experience a blend of information and recipes, from the Food Basics to the Cutting Edge.

Everyone knows it’s difficult and daunting for new website owners to get themselves noticed. We will be promoting this thread specifically for food related link request and exchanges. Here you can post your own backlink to your foodie site using the comment/reply feature, and receive a permanent backlink. 

If you have a food oriented site you may consider the following:

1. Post a comment here with details about your site and its content. In your comment please note the Title, description, keywords or tags, and the url where you can be found. Your comment will be reviewed and approved usually the same day. You can place as many comments as you like, as long as each one relates to a different site, (i.e. two sites would be two comments.)

2. We will review your site and if your site is a blog with page rank we will consider exchanging blogroll links with you as well. We will place your link in our blogroll as long as you do the same.

3. For those who wish to write 300-500 words of unique content about their site, we will review for food relevance, and put up a post of your own in this category, here is an example.

Take a moment and create a few lines of descriptive text for your site, this will give the SERPs more credence for your backlink.

Our backlink info:

Site Title: Gourmet Oil and Vinegar and cooking resources
Site Description: Healthy oil and vinegar recipes and products with archived chef discussion regarding olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and the healthy Mediterranean Diet
Tags: oil and vinegar, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, vinaigrette recipes
URL: http://oilandvinegar.cruets.com/

In an effort to help other cooking and recipe sites and blogs grow, we are participating with a free service called www.heynounce.com  A service such as heynounce can be invaluable offering assistance for new sites to be instantly noticed by a large online audience. Heynounce.com offers help to small websites, which in turn announce themselves to the online world.

If you have a cooking related site, post your site details with a link here in a comment to this post, and also take our cue and submit to heynounce.com heynounce.com, submit your site, link suggest

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For those of you who have food, cooking, or recipe blogs, and/or sites; you are welcome to write a post about your site inviting readers to view them.

Gourmet oil and vineger, will take a look to verify your blog. If you have linked to us and your site is relevent to our content, we will back link as well.

Take a moment to express your cooking or eating prowess.

Our rss feed is available as well if you would like to use it on your site.  

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A new food blog directory and information resource can be found here:
http://www.chefsblogs.com/

Chefs blogs are sorted by particular regions, topics and professional references. Each entry is a Culinary weblog by Chefs and others in the Food industry.

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Dining at a restaurant in Florence may not be on your agenda this year. You may not be able to splurge for a relaxed weekend at a Tuscan Bed and Breakfast. Yet there is a way to be pampered with Gourmet Tuscan food and delicacies. GourmetStation.com is a novel and innovative online resource that offers the warmth and flavor of authentic Italian cuisine with gourmet flair.

GourmetStation.com has a delicious assortment of Tuscan Food Gifts that literally serve as memorable ’gift occasion’ dining experiences. For a special gift, an easy to prepare, elegant gourmet meal for two would be an ideal choice, especially when you can shop online from a stellar gourmet menu.

Consider an Italian favorite:Tuscan, four course Gourmet meal $79.99
Artisan Home Style Bread (You select Select One) Romano Swiss & Parsley Round – Romano & nutty-flavored Swiss round topped with parsley
Italian Herb Sourdough Boule – Sourdough boule sprinkled with rosemary, oregano & sage
 

Italian Robust Soups (You Select Two)
Italian Wedding Soup – Tiny beef and sausage meatballs with acini pepi in light broth
Tomato Florentine Soup – Miniature shell pasta & leaf spinach accent the tomato base
 

Dinner Entrees - Served With Broccoli Gratin (You Select Two) Chicken Saltimboca With Peppercorn Cream Sauce – Oversized lean chicken breast stuffed with Prosciutto ham & topped with peppercorn cream sauce
Seared Salmon Tuscan Style With Creamy Sundried Tomato Sauce – Succulent seared salmon sauced with a creamy mixture of sundried tomatoes & minced garlic
Chicken Mediterranean With Fired Roasted Pepper Sauce – Chicken breast filled with couscous, Mediterranean vegetables & asiago cheese
Three Cheese Tortellini & Sundried Tomato Alfredo Sauce – Hat-shaped pasta filled with asiago, Romano & ricotta cheeses and topped with sundried tomatoes
 

Dessert (You Select One) Cappuccino Cheesecake (2 slices) – Thick layer of chocolate mousse flavored with cappuccino in graham cracker crust
Cappuccino “Bake Your Own” Cookies (4 cookies) – Cappuccino flavored cookies with semi-sweet chocolate chunks

Tea and Candy, or Coffee (You Select One) Regular St. Ives European Blend (makes a full pot)
Decaffeinated St. Ives European Blend (makes a full pot)
Numi Earl Gray Tea (2 tea bags)

Another GourmetStation Tuscan selection is the three course Gourmet meal at only $69.99.

Compared to fine dining, GourmetStation.com pricing is very affordable, and a delivery charge does apply. There is no question you or your gift recipient will be delighted with either the three or four course Authentic Tuscan gourmet meals – think of it as a true Tuscan experience without jet-lag or losing your bag.
   

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