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Pasta Shop
We dropped off samples of Bondolio Nuovo Olio to the California Olive Oil Council for extra virgin certification. Each year Bondolio must be tested to insure the oil complies with COOC requirements of both a chemical analysis and a sensory evaluation. After a short visit with COOC Patty, Lisa and Ingred we popped into the Berkeley Pasta Shop […]
Chez Panisse
When Karen received a phone call from Jerome Waag she almost fell over. Jerome is chef at Chez Panisse since the 1990’s and told Karen he wanted to try Bondolio at the restaurant. So, yesterday we hand delivered a case of our Nuovo Olio to general manager Jennifer Sherman. We are very much honored by […]
Why does Karen’s pizza taste so good?
At this point in time, after the majority of the milling season is behind us, and after counting more than 100 pizzas from the Bondolio oven, maybe it’s time to answer the question: ‘How did Karen become such a good pizza chef?’. The answer is simple. Karen, being Karen where everything is about passions and […]
Bondolio Olio Nuovo Open House | December 13, 2015
Bondolio New Oil Event December 13, 2015 10 AM to 4 PM What is new oil? It’s commonly known as nouvelle or, in Italy, ‘nuovo olio’. At Bondolio we adopt the Italian and say New Oil. This will be our second New Oil event and it’s all about enjoying an Italian tradition. Between mid September through […]
Oldest visits the youngest
What a privilege and an honor to have an olive oil pioneer in our midst. Here Karen and master miller Gary Engle visit with Nick Sciabica the grandson of the man that created the first olive mill in California – that would be in 1936! Amazing experience. It was like having the Dean of […]