Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2017

lowcountry cuisine www.LowcountryCuisineMag.com | www.MountPleasantRestaurant.com | www.CharlestonRecipes.com LC it is estimated that 99 percent of all the olive oil consumed in the United States is imported. If you are looking for oil produced in this country with ties to Charleston, try Olinda Olives, which blends, bottles and sells oil from olives grown on owner Jeanne DeCamilla’s family farm in California. Olinda bottles extra virgin arbequina and arbosana oils weekly for its “Charleston Blend.” Weekly blending and bottling ensures a fresh product that is sold at farmers markets across the Lowcountry. “For high quality oil, you need to press as soon as possible off the tree – within the day or even an hour or two,” DeCamilla said. “The quicker to the press, the better the oil you are going to produce.” Once olives are picked, the oil is extracted, but not with a traditional press. “It’s no longer the romantic idea of a press. It’s now extracted with a centrifuge. Olives go into a horizontal blender that turns them into mash, and the oil is spun out. It’s put into big bags and into a crate to decant for a while,” DeCamilla explained. The oil is then shipped to South Carolina, where DeCamilla blends and bottles in her certified kitchen in North Charleston. DeCamilla is a big proponent of buying local and Jeanne DeCamilla’s family farm in California grows the olives for her Charleston Blend. C O O R DI N A TI N G H O L ID A Y & P J’ S | SPECIAL OCCASION | CRUISEWEA R | G I FT S | EX C U SI V E B RA ND S Thanks for voting us the Best of Mt. Pleasant AGAIN! :KH WK H U \ RX ¶ UH D W U HQ GVH WW H U SUH SS \ W RWDOO\ WUDGLWLRQDO RU ORYLQJ WKH (XURSHDQ ÀDUH ZH KDYH WK H S HUI H FW RX W¿ WV IR U \ R XU F KL OG U HQ Newborn to size 7 Children’s Boutique Monogramming New Mother Registry All the Top Brands in Shoes! Expert Shoe Fitters! Complete DANCE Shop Tween and Teen 7-16! Jr.’s, Ladies, Boys 8-20 'LVFRYHU WKH %HVW Brands of Clothing DQG 6KRHV KHUH ORFDOO\ for 64 years! stay intheknow... @RagamuffinChildrensBoutique @RadicalRags