Over 5,000 years ago oil was being extracted from olives in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Orange salads, seasoned with everything from olives to orange-flower water, are a fixture of the Mediterranean table.

Soda Creek Ranch has gone into the business in a big way: it offers five varieties of oil made from different olives.

Historically, this area has a strong tradition in olive cultivation, and some current vineyards have been converted from growing olives.

They took a bath and coated themselves with oil pressed from olives.

When ordering from a delicatessen, you always ask for a) Greek olives.

Extra virgin oil is made from olives that are simply crushed.

The oils used were also extracted from sesame and olives.

He said that depending on the year, as little as 20 percent of the oil in Berio might come from Italian olives.

The new instruments work in the way oil is pressed from olives.