Cooking Techniques with Olive Oil

This is a cookbook that explains how to use olive with the various cooking techniques, from poaching to baking and everything in between. Includes recipes, tips and photos.

How often do you come home from buying a beautiful bottle of extra virgin olive oil and wish you had more uses for it, other than a salad dressing or sautéing up a quick dish? In this book you will learn the easy cooking techniques such as poaching, braising, marinating, infusing, and baking with olive oil. You will also learn all about olive oil, from how olive oil is made to how you should select an olive oil. Written by Mary Platis, chef, food blogger (California Greek Girl), Greek olive oil representative for a major olive oil brand, and owns and operates The Greek Gourmet catering company. Also written and photographed by Laura Bashar, former graphic designer and advertising account executive and food blogger (Family Spice). This book will teach cooks of all skill levels a new way of cooking and will also help cooks master fundamental skills.

Mary Papoulias-Platis teaches culinary classes using a hybrid of recipes derived from her Greek heritage and California’s fresh produce. She emphasizes sustainable and regional foods from farmers markets and local producers in all of her recipes. Mary is a chef, food blogger (California Greek Girl), Greek olive oil representative for a major olive oil brand, and owns and operates The Greek Gourmet catering company. She is the mother of three and lives in San Diego with her husband and dog, Hershey.