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Troy Nahumko is an award-winning author based in Caceres, Spain. His recent work focuses on travels around the Mediterranean, from Tangier to Istanbul. As a writer and photographer he has contributed to newspapers and media such as Lonely Planet, The Globe and Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, Couterpunch,The Irish World, The Straits Times, The Calgary Herald, Khaleej Times, DW-World, Rabble and El Pais. He also writes a bi-weekly op-ed column 'Camino a Ítaca' for the Spanish newspaper HOY. His book, Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is published by the University of Alberta Press. As an ESL materials writer he has worked with publishers such as Macmillan and CUP.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Oilier the Better


Once you've had it, as they say, you never go back. Live in a country where Olive Oil is the staple and butter becomes an anomaly. Margarine? What's that?

While Extremadura might not be as famous for Olive Oil as Andalusia, it also doesn't suffer the mass, Intensive farming (of olives) that the latter does.

Some people doing it right can be found here...Order away.

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