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Book Synopsis"[Mueller reveals] the brazen fraud in the olive oil industry and [teaches] readers how to sniff out the good stuff." —Dwight Garner,
New York TimesTrade Review"Tom Mueller is, in turn, chemist, explorer, scholar and bard, infusing the narrative with a sense of wonder." -- Times Literary Supplement
"In covering an industry that has its heroes and villains, author Tom Mueller does a splendid job of sorting out the players and demystifying the product." -- Russ Parsons - Los Angeles Times
"
Extra Virginity may make you reconsider the extra you’re paying for 'extra.'" -- Cynthia Crossen - Wall Street Journal
"Passionately written yet clear-headed…Mueller builds a convincing case for olive oil as one of the most miraculous and versatile substances in all of nature." -- Jerry Shriver - USA Today
"Mueller does for his subject what Susan Orlean did for orchids." -- Columbus Dispatch
"[
Extra Virginity] does for olive oil what Eric Schlosser’s
Fast Food Nation did for hamburgers. Mueller traces the history of this valuable product from antiquity to the present, but the really disturbing part is his exposé of the inferior quality control and outright fraud among today’s oil producers." -- Andy Lewis - Hollywood Reporter
