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OLIVE OIL PIE CRUST: 2 cup organic sifted all purpose or pastry flour½ teaspoon salt1 teaspoon vanilla1/3 cup Greek Koroneiki extra virgin olive oil1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons very cold half and half METHOD: Mix flour and salt together in a bowl with a fork.Place bowl in freezer for 20 minutes.Remove bowl from freezer and make a well in the middle of dry mixture.Add vanilla, olive oil and half and half. Mix well with fork just until ingredients are blended; do not over mix.Form dough into a ball and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.Roll dough out onto parchment paper with a...

I have created Caliterranean® as a brand name to share healthy, flavorful and satisfying recipes, food products and a mode of living, California style! Ever since I was a little girl growing up in Dayton, Ohio, I wanted to live, work and play in California; in 1996 that dream came true. I moved permanently to northern Santa Barbara county to found Global Gardens®, now southern California’s most-awarded certified organic extra-virgin olive oil, first cold pressing, along with homemade fruit balsamics, organic mustards, proprietary spice blends, snacks and olive oil beauty products.    P.S. I believe it's an improvement on the Mediterranean...