Soffritto Valentine’s Day Special
Happy Valentine’s Day! When you purchase our Body Love Gift Set, you will receive 10% off any food purchases! Let Soffritto be your one stop…
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Crossroads Location Announcement
To our valued Crossroads customers, we’ve decided to relocate our inventory to our other four locations in Calgary. Like many small business we have been…
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Update: Shop Online Now
UPDATE: (from our blog post on Oct. 30, 2018) To make it easier for our customers to find us and shop online we have changed…
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Shop Online Now!
Exciting News! We have decided to start offering some products online for in-store pickup or have the products shipped to you via Canada Post. Please…
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Lemon Stuffed Olive Tapenade with UP Frantoio Leccino
Ingredients: 1 – 20 oz. jar Delizia Brand Lemon Stuffed Olives 2 teaspoons brined capers, drained 1 large garlic clove, minced 1 tablespoon fresh dill,…
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September Long Weekend Hours
Happy September Long Weekend Everyone! Our Canyon Meadows store and Mahogany store will be closed this Monday, September 3, in observance of the long weekend….
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Goat Yoga at Granary Road!
Did you know that Granary Road has a yoga class every other Saturday, with 10 of their baby goats? The next Goat Yoga class is…
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New Southern Hemisphere Olive Oils are here!
Out with the old, in with the new! Our shipment of new olive oils arrived THIS WEEK and we’re so excited! These new oils are…
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August Long Weekend Hours
Happy August Long Weekend everyone! Our Canyon Meadows store and Mahogany store will be closed this coming Monday, August 6, 2018 for the long weekend….
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Kid’s Pizza Making Class At Granary Road!
Kids will get to have fun with a hands-on cooking class where they will get to build their own pizza’s from scratch and cook them…
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Join Us For Stampede Celebrations at Granary Road!
Come visit us at our booth at the Granary Road Farmer’s Market and enjoy some of their Stampede celebrations! They will have a pancake breakfast,…
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Come Visit Us At The Calgary Farmer’s Market For The Stampede Music Showcase And Chili Cookoff!
Stampede Music Showcase Get ready to put your hands together and stomp your cowboy boots for two incredibly talented acts at our Stampede Music Showcase!…
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Join Us For Big Red’s First Birthday At Granary Road!
Come to Granary Road to celebrate Big Reds 1st Birthday and Granary Roads 1 year anniversary. There will be lots of games and activities for…
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Join Us For Canada Day Celebrations at Granary Road!
Come visit us at our booth out at Granary Road and enjoy some of the Canada Day events they have lined up! 9:30 – 5:30…
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Canada Day Long Weekend Hours
Happy Canada Day! We hope you have a safe, fun holiday. Our location hours will be: Calgary Farmer’s Market – Regular Hours Crossroads Market –…
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Celebrate Father’s Day at The Calgary Farmer’s Market!
Some of the best memories start on hot summer days spent cruising around with family and listening to great music; we felt inspired by these…
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New Hours at Granary Road Starting Next Week!
Granary Road Market will soon be open Tuesday-Sunday for their Summer Park Hours! This means you can swing by our booth any time during the…
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May Long Weekend Hours
Happy May Long Weekend Everyone! Looks like we might finally get a good first camping weekend of the season. Our hours: Calgary Farmer’s Market –…
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Easter Weekend Hours
Hello Everyone! With Easter coming up this weekend we wanted to let you know where you can pick up oil, vinegar, and food this weekend!…
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Easter At Granary Road
Come visit us at our Granary Road location this Saturday, March 31, 2018 – Granary Road will have face painting, glitter tattoos, and photos with…
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Easter At The Calgary Farmer’s Market
The Calgary Farmer’s Market is Open From Thursday, March 29, 2018 to Sunday, April 1, 2018 and has some great Easter events going on –…
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Ogliarola Olive Oil Wins Gold in LA Competition!
We are very excited to announce that our Italian Ogliarola Ultra Premium Olive Oil (supplied by Veronica Foods) won gold in the 2018 Los Angeles…
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Happy Family Day!
Happy Family Day Everyone! Just a heads up, our main store (and our various market locations) will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2018 for…
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Northern Hemisphere is HERE!
Our Northern Hemisphere, Ultra Premium olive oils have arrived at last! We’ve got a great selection this year from Spain, Portugal, California, and Italy! Check…
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Olive Oil Chemistry and Bio-Phenols
The new biophenol lab method of measuring total phenols will not translate exactly to the old scale of intensity. Our olive oil supplier, Veronica Foods,…
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Happy Holidays everyone! We have special hours going at all of our locations over the next couple of weeks, have a look and make sure…
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Update: Infused vs. Fused vs. Agrumato
We’ve posted a couple of articles on the blog about the flavoured olive oil products that we carry. If you missed them, you can click…
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Happy Labour Day Long Weekend
We hope you all have a great (and safe!) long weekend! Our main store will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2017 for the long…
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Opening Tomorrow: Granary Road Farmer’s Market!
We’re so excited to announce that we’re officially opening at Granary Road tomorrow! We’ll have olive oil, balsamic and olives for sale this weekend, and…
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Southern Hemisphere Olive Oils Have Arrived!
We’re starting to roll our the Southern Hemisphere olive oils at all of our locations! We just received a huge shipment from California, and we…
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Happy August Long!
Hey Everyone! We will be closed on Monday, August 7, 2017 for the August Long Weekend! We’re open for regular hours at the Calgary Farmer’s…
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Happy Canada Day!
Happy Canada Day! We hope you all go out and do something really special for Canada’s 150th this year! Our main store will be closed…
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Lab Certified Testing For Agricultural Chemical Residue!
We are proud to announce that the infused oil collection (currently comprised of UP Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain), complies with European Union…
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Happy May Long!
Happy Victoria Day everyone! To celebrate the long weekend, our main store will be closed on Monday, May 22, 2017 – we’ll be open for…
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Olive Oil Archaeology – 2,000 Year Old Olive Press Found In Turkey!
We were reading a pretty cool article over at The Olive Oil Times today about an archaeological dig over in Turkey – they’ve found a…
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Coming next week – NEW Infused Olive Oil AND Balsamic!?
Big News! We have a new infused olive oil and a new infused white balsamic vinegar coming in with our next shipment – which should…
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Where are you buying your olive oil?
We were just reading an article over at The Olive Oil Times about olive oil quality in Canada – and some of it is not…
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Melgarejo Hojiblanca Olive Oil wins!
Big news – a monumental win! One of our Spanish olive oil producers, Melgarejo, won first prize in the Mario Solinas Competition in the Intense…
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What’s in our Infused Olive Oils?
There are no chemicals, artificial or synthetic ingredients used in any of the artisan infused products that we bring in from Veronica Foods. They infuse…
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Easter Weekend Hours
Happy Easter everyone! We’re closing down the main store on Friday, April 14 for Good Friday – but we’ll be back for our regular Saturday…
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Happy Family Day!
The main store will be closed Monday, February 20, 2017, for family day. We’ll be back open for regular hours on Tuesday, February 21, 2017….
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New Northern Hemisphere Olive Oils NOW HERE!
The wait is over! We received a HUGE shipment of olive oils yesterday, all from the Northern Hemisphere November 2016 crush. They are all Ultra…
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That’s Amore! At the Calgary Farmer’s Market
Made plans for Valentine’s Day yet? Well, on Saturday, February 11, the Calgary Farmer’s Market will have roaming live acts and duelling pianos to celebrate…
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Agricultural Drones and the Olive Oil Industry
Did you know that it is possible to get day to day progress reports, irrigation reports, and even pest infestation reports…just by flying a drone…
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Update on the Filippo Berio Lawsuit!
We posted a couple of years ago about a lawsuit that was ongoing between consumers and Bertoli/Filippo Berio. The main points of the lawsuit were…
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What IS Extra Virgin Olive Oil?
Our favourite news blog, Olive Oil Times has written yet another fantastic article, and we think you should check it out! Extra Virgin Olive Oil…
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Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year from everyone at Soffritto. We hope you have a fabulous and safe season!
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Holiday Hours For All Locations!
Happy Holidays everyone! Today marks the beginning of the Calgary Farmer’s Market being open for 9 DAYS STRAIGHT! Our booth will be open from this…
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Olive Oil from Uruguay has arrived!
With our delivery yesterday we received two olive oils from somewhere we’ve never received olive oils from before…Uruguay! Fresh off the truck, you should see…
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What is Saba?
We recently brought Saba in to the store – and we’ve had a few people ask: “well, what is it?” Saba is balsamic vinegar, before…
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Take a break…eat more chocolate!
We found another great post on our favourite website Olive Oil Times, 5 reasons to eat more chocolate! Taking a quick break from olive oil…
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Come visit us at the Calgary Farmer’s Market Friday, November 18!
The Calgary Farmer’s Market is kicking off their Christmas Market this Friday, November 18 and for one day only, the market will be open from…
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Main Store Closed for Remembrance Day
Our main store will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2016 for Remembrance Day. The Calgary Farmer’s Market booth will be open for regular hours…
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Substitute Olive Oil for Butter in Desserts!
We found a great article over at food52.com last week about substituting olive oil for butter in baking! While you definitely can’t just do a…
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A Great Article about “EVOO” Misinformation
A few days ago one of our favourite blogs, Olive Oil Times, wrote an article about celebrities and TV chefs who spread misinformation about how…
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Squid Ink Pasta – Coming Next week for Halloween!
We will have squid ink pasta once again at the Calgary Farmer’s Market this weekend (Oct. 28 – 30) and at the main store on…
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Coconut Oil – Not A Cure-All!
We saw a great article in The Washington Post last week about coconut oil – specifically, about how coconut oil isn’t the fabulous health cure…
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New Olive Oils are here!
We’ve received a few more robust, ultra premium olive oils from Chile – and they are amazing! You can read a quick blurb about them…
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Closed for Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you stocked up at the local markets for your various feasts this weekend. Our main store is closed this Monday, October…
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An Interesting Medical Study – Olive Oil vs. Coconut & Corn Oil
We just finished reading a pretty interesting article on medicalexpress.com – researchers have been testing high-fat diets and the role they play in the development…
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Happy September Long Weekend!
Get out there and do some camping before it gets cold again! Our main location will be closed on Monday, September 5 for the holiday…
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The Oil of Champions
Re-posted from the Veronica Foods blog. For the second consecutive Olympic Games, we are proud to announce that the olive oils and vinegar from our supplier…
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Happy Heritage Day!
We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful August long weekend! Our main store will be closed on Monday, August 1, 2016 for the long…
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May Long Weekend Hours
Happy May Long everyone! The Soffritto Main Store and BOTH Market Locations (Calgary Farmer’s Market and Crossroads Market) will be closed on Monday, May 23,…
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Soffritto Balsamic Vinegar & Fiasco Gelato!
Our 18 year aged Traditional Balsamic Vinegar has made it to Fiasco Gelato and is featured in their summer gelato flavour: Strawberry Balsamic! So far…
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March Holiday Hours!
Happy Easter Everyone! Our main store will be closed this Friday, March 25, 2016, however we will be open at both the Calgary Farmer’s Market…
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Soffritto: Now at Crossroads Market!
Good news: we’ve opened a booth at the Crossroads Market! We’ve got a selection of 35 oils and vinegars, and we’ll be selling a selection…
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Olive Oil and Agromafia on 60 Minutes
On Sunday, 60 minutes aired a segment about the Agromafia in Italy. Of specific interest to us was all the information they discovered about adulterated…
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Northern Hemisphere Olive Oils are HERE!
Just last week we received a shipment of October and November harvest olive oils – some of them are barely a month old! Lots of…
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Happy Holidays from Soffritto!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend – whatever your plans may be! Our store will be…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Organoleptic Taste Panel Assessment
An organoleptic taste panel assessment means a team of 10 people have taste-tested the olive oil. For an olive oil to be labeled extra virgin,…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Pyropheophytins (PPP)
PPP (pyropheophytins) are the end result of chlorophyll pigments breaking down in olive oil. When chlorophyll pigments are exposed to heat, they break down in…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Diacylglycerols (DAGs)
DAGs (diacylglycerols) are fatty acids in olive oil. DAGs exist in two forms in olive oil – 1,2 chain diacylglycerols and 1,3 chain diacylglycerols. DAGs…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Peroxide
Peroxides are formed naturally when oil is exposed to oxygen – oxidation happens, and the higher levels of peroxide, the more you’ll find defective flavours…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Oleic Acid
Oleic acid is the main fatty acid in olive oil – 55%-85% of olive oil is made up of triacylglycerols, which are made up of…
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Remembrance Day 2015
Soffritto will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in observance of Remembrance Day. Please visit the Avenue Calgary website for a list of Remembrance…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Polyphenols
Polyphenols are antioxidants! Antioxidants are very good for you, and also help slow down the oxidation process in olive oil. Phenols die off over time,…
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Olive Oil Label Breakdown – Free Fatty Acids (FFA)
Free fatty acids form as unsaturated fat in olive oil breaks down. Some free fatty acids will always be formed during the olive oil extraction…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Soffritto will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2015 for the Thanksgiving long weekend. The main store will re-open on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, and…
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Soffritto will be closed for the September long weekend!
Our main store will be closed from September 5, 2015 – September 7, 2015 for the Labour Day long weekend – we will re-open on…
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We’re closed for Heritage Day!
Our main store will be closed on Monday, August 3 for the August long weekend! We’ll be open again at 11:00am for lunch on Tuesday,…
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Galimax Farm Tour Adventures
Anastasia, Chef Chris and Chef Heather all attended the Galimax Farm Tour this year! Galimax is the distributor for many of the local farms in…
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Coming Soon: Southern Hemisphere Olive Oil & NEW Balsamic Vinegars!
Southern Hemisphere is here! We will have 4 new olive oils from Australia in the next week or two, along with 2 completely new balsamic…
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We’re closed for Canada Day!
Soffritto will be closed on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 for Canada Day! We’ll see you back on Thursday at the main store as well as…
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New Northern Hemisphere Olive Oils are HERE!
Our huge shipment of olive oil has arrived and we’re super excited to tell you we’ve got TONS of fresh Northern hemisphere olive oils in…
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Holiday Hours
Happy Easter to all of our fantastic customers, and Happy Spring! Please note that both the store and the market will be open this Friday,…
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Coming Soon: More New Olive Oils!
Good news! We’ve got some more new olive oils coming in from Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, and California in the next couple of weeks! Some highlights…
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New Olive Oils are IN!
The Fall 2014 Harvest has arrived! We’ve got an exciting line up of new olive oils for you, keep an eye out for them at…
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Main Store Closed on Family Day!
Hey Everyone! We’ll be closed this Monday, February 16 to celebrate Family Day! Come see us to stock up before the long weekend – we’ll…
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Some Things You May Not Know About Grocery Store Olive Oil
Or, why Bertoli isn’t the best. Two class-action lawsuits were filed last year against Bertoli and Filippo Berio – two very popular olive oil brands…
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Fat in Olive Oil Repairs Failing Hearts? A Pretty Cool Study
Check out this awesome article in Time Magazine about how the fat in olive oil can actually help a failing heart – pretty cool! Click…
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NEW at the store: Ultra Premium Sauces, Tapenades, and Roasted Peppers
Basil Pesto: Absolutely the best jarred basil pesto we’ve ever tasted. Made with the finest ingredients including fresh basil, toasted pine nuts, Pecorino cheese, and of…
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Holiday Hours
Main Store: December 24, 2014 – 11:00am – 3:00pm December 25-28, 2014 – closed December 29-30, 2014 – 11:00am – 7:00pm December 31, 2014 –…
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NEW – Olive Oil Skin Care Products
We are now carrying a variety of Olive Oil Skin Care Products from The Olive Oil Skin Care Company based out of Australia – they…
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Studies Suggest Oleocanthal May Help Prevent and Treat Alzheimer’s
Oleocanthal, a compound found in olive oil, alters the structure of brain plaques that cause Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting possible new therapies. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which…
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How Olive Oil Reduces Inflammation
Re-posted from the Veronica Foods blog. While tasting extra-virgin olive oils in Sicily, Gary Beauchamp, PhD, director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia,…
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Dr. Mary Flynn on The role of Extra Virgin Olive oil in a healthy diet
In case you missed it – here’s a great video from Dr. Mary Flynn on Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
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Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween everyone! Our spooky pasta theme continues this week with squid ink ravioli! Available at the Calgary Farmer’s Market for a limited time only!
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Squid Ink Pasta Is Back!
Back at the Calgary Farmer’s Market this weekend – Squid Ink Pasta! No artifical colouring is used, this is our regular durum semolina pasta with…
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Olive Oil & The Mediterranean Diet
A BBC News Story. The combination of olive oil and leafy salad or vegetables is what gives the Mediterranean diet its healthy edge, say scientists….
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