Are mice oil connoisseurs? Who knows, perhaps they are. No doubt that they have an excellent palate for oil, and food in general!

What type of oil has the future in store for us? Meanwhile, here is the card launching the fifth edition of the Olio Officina Festival

What type of oil has the future in store for us? Meanwhile, here is the card launching the fifth edition of the Olio Officina Festival

Here is another postcard launching the 2016 Olio Officina Festival, which will take place in Milan from January 21 to 23. The illustration is by Valerio Marino and the graphic design by Alberto Martelli

What type of oil has the future in store for us? Meanwhile, here is the card launching the fifth edition of the Olio Officina Festival. The illustration is by Valerio Marini and the graphic design by Alberto Martelli

During the 2014 Olio Officina Food Festival, cartoonist Valerio Marini paid his tribute to this film in his "Celluloil Heroes" exhibition.

Do you remember the famous film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, who also starred in it? Modern times is impressed in everyone’s mind. It was first screened in February 1936. During the 2014 Olio Officina Festival, cartoonist Valerio Marini paid his tribute to this film in his "Celluloil Heroes" exhibition.

Look, but don’t blush. Valerio Marini’s inventiveness knows no limits

Here it is, a lovely little tree house discovered in southern Italy. It is made of wood, and was built on an olive tree growing in the La Goccia d’Oro cooperative farm in Menfi, in the environs of Agrigento: The house however is for children only

This is how passers-by are informed about the presence of olive oil. This picture was taken in New York: a large sign on the shop window tells all the customers what oil is used at the venue

The picture of the ninety-four-year old grandmother of Antonio Lullo, a young producer from the environs of Salerno, and a member of the Opificio Citra network, expresses remarkably well the passing of time. Hands reveal our identity, our story, and the plastic olive harvest crate is the element of novelty, of rupture with the past

Sometimes the right touch makes all the difference

A diamond is forever. Isn’t that how the old saying goes? An original cartoon by Valerio Marini