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Farm Focus: Baking with Frog Hollow Olive Oil

  Living in California, it’s only natural that I cook nearly everything in olive oil -it’s local, delicious, and the health benefits are countless. Every olive oil has different flavor notes. Some are bold and grassy, while others are light

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Recipe: Frog Hollow Olive Oil Cake with Citrus Compote

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  Ingredients 5 eggs (room temperature) 1 tbsp of orange zest 1/3 cup and 2 tbsp. of Frog Hollow olive oil (2012 is suitable for this recipe) ½ cup Sauterne (you can substitute with a sweet wine such as white

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Farm Focus: Taste Test: Olive Oil Frog Hollow 2012 vs. 2013

Excerpt from Otis Maxwell’s burntmyfingers.com. “Farmer Al of Frog Hollow Farm has high expectations for all his products. So when he told me he was unusually excited about his new 2013 vintage olive oil, that got my attention. He sent

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Recipe: Roasted Pork Loin with Pears, Rosemary and Thyme

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A delicious anytime dinner or a Holiday Table idea…  Ingredients 3 lb boneless pork loin 3 pears, halved leaving stem on, Bosc works nicely 1 bulb garlic 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme 2-3 sprigs fresh rosemary FHF extra virgin olive oil

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Farm Focus: A look inside Frog Hollow’s Olive Oil

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  With the olive harvest fully underway, olive oil is on our minds these days. Our oil is made in the Tuscan style and is considered “New World Tuscan”. There are hundreds of olive oils available in the United States

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