Book Signing & Tastings with author and journalist Tom Mueller

Expanding on his New Yorker essay that exposed the deeply corrupt fraud in the olive oil industry, Tom Mueller takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through the history and future of olive oil.  He illuminates the economic, symbolic, medicinal, and culinary importance of  olive oil in a book that is a must read by anyone interested in cooking and foodways. This page turner elegantly combines investigative reporting with inspiring stories of artisan producers, chefs, retailers and scientists all on the forefront of defending the true meaning of "extra virgin."

Event includes samplings of the new harvest extra virgin olive oils from California and Italy. Free and open to the public.

For more info, call (510) 250-6005.