Dude, you live in NY but you buy Cali olive oil? I've never tried it.

Every time I go to the regular market I look over the bottles and not ONE says the oil is strictly just from Italy. It comes from a blend from a variety of countries, Greece, Spain, Tunisia etc. I curse under my breath every time. So I go over to Traders and they have one that's strictly made from Italy. That's the one I buy. Olivant, do you have a Trader Joe's by you? Try theirs.

My daughter bought me an olive oil from Eataly for Christmas but I haven't tried it yet. I don't know why but I don't like Mario Batali and feel like a trendy person if I crack open that bottle But I'm sure it will be good.

FYI- An acquaintance of mine has a brother who works for Traders up in Washington. The guy is Sicilian and he's responsible for all the Italian frozen and refrigerated packaged foods they sell on their shelves. He's a chef and those are his recipes. I've only had a couple, one being chicken Marsala or something like that. Well, that's his recipe. Pretty tasty for a prepackaged meal.