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Dr. Gino Celletti’s 36 Truths About Olive Oil (with a forward by Fairway’s Steve Jenkins)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Steve Jenkins

We talk about wine and we talk about food, and about both we go into great detail. But not with olive oil. It would seem we want to remain ignorant about olive oil. Here at Fairway, we are learning more … Continue reading →

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Fall Head Over Heels for Cabeço Das Nogueiras Unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Hannah Howard

As a kid, Alberto Serralha played in his grandfather’s olive groves near Abrantes, in central Portugal, where the Rio Tejo flows toward Lisbon. Olive oil is in his blood. With a childhood spent watching his granddad harvest and mill olives … Continue reading →

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The Truth About Olive Oil and Olive Oil Hysteria

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Steve Jenkins

I am an importer and retailer of more brands of olive oil than I can count. I work at the Fairway Markets, a twelve-store-and-growing chain of specialty supermarkets in New York City, New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut. I … Continue reading →

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Olive Oil Revelry! The New York International Olive Oil Competition, Sponsored by Fairway Market, Comes to New York City

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Hannah Howard

This is rock and roll. This is exciting, big stuff. This April, New York City will host the most important extra virgin olive oil contest the world has ever seen. It is only right that Fairway Market—New York’s beloved EVOO … Continue reading →

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Welcome Argentinian Mendoza!! Our Wonderful Newest Addition to Our Barrel EVOO Lineup

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Hannah Howard

It’s spicy. It says so on the bottle. And that was Steve’s first comment when he leaned his head back and took a big ol’ swig, as Steve is wont to do. PS: It’s Steve who writes the eloquent descriptions … Continue reading →

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Fairway Barrel Oil Spotlight: Greek Koroneiki

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Steve Jenkins

About six miles from Sparta in the Peloponnesos region of Greece, the state of Lakonia, is a valley called Glykovrissi, referring to its “sweet fountains”, that is, its bountiful freshwater springs. Here, too, are the olive groves owned and tended … Continue reading →

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Bill Sanders of First Fresh EVOO Comes to Fairway

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Hannah Howard

First Fresh is our newest olive oil to grace our exclusive imports lineup. But wait. It’s not an import at all. It’s from California! There’s been some clamorous press about oils from Europe being fraudulent and adulterated. Sure–lots of the big … Continue reading →

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A Visit from Alessandro Luchetti: an Italian Business Student, Olive Oil Legacy, and Food Lover

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Hannah Howard

I was excited to meet Alessandro Luchetti, our summer intern. You should be, too. Alessandro was born in Madrid, and grew up in Italy and Spain. He comes from serious olive oil pedigree: his dad was the head of the International Olive Oil … Continue reading →

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Introducing Fairway California Arbosana Unfiltered EVOO

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Steve Jenkins

Just this January we chose to offer our California barrel oil pressed from the arbosana olive rather than the usual mission olive. We remain smitten with the work done by our longtime friends at the Corning California Olive Oil Company’s groves. … Continue reading →

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Our New Pride and Joy: Lorenzo Numbers 1, 3, and 5 (Beautiful Olive Oils from Western Sicily)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Hannah Howard

We are sometimes jaded about olive oil here at Fairway. We taste, laud, and sell so much truly extraordinary EVOO, it’s hard to impress us. But impressed we were when we received this beautiful bottle from Manfredi Barbera, a 4th … Continue reading →

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