Dixit

Agriculture remains the true oil of humanity. Without oil we could go on foot, but without food it is impossible to live

sab 02 settembre 2017 | Society > Dixit

Sossio Giametta

The high symbolic value assigned to olive oil throughout millennia is the result of cultural mediation. Had such mediation not existed...

dom 06 agosto 2017 | Society > Dixit

Luigi Caricato

Olive oil is the fruit of dedication, passion and love of who produces it. Only in this way can its taste be unique, authentic and unforgettable

ven 04 agosto 2017 | Society > Dixit

Vincenzo Bono

Looks matter, but what nourishes and satisfies the eye it is not the substance but the image, hence the beauty of food more than its goodness

dom 25 giugno 2017 | Society > Dixit

Rosalia Cavalieri

Sit. Feast on your life

sab 18 marzo 2017 | Society > Dixit

Derek Walcott

Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove

sab 12 novembre 2016 | Society > Dixit

Leonard Cohen

Sharing food is not only taking the bread and breaking it

dom 01 maggio 2016 | Society > Dixit

Enzo Bianchi

One cannot talk about food without considering the land from which it derives

dom 07 febbraio 2016 | Society > Dixit

Enzo Bianchi

Bringing something to our mouth and trying to understand its balance of flavours is a complex experience that goes far beyond the simple gesture of eating

dom 08 novembre 2015 | Society > Dixit

Rosalia Cavalieri

Not that the olive spurns the sun

dom 25 ottobre 2015 | Society > Dixit

Richard Wilbur's

Olives are not just fruit, but relics

dom 11 ottobre 2015 | Society > Dixit

Predrag Matvejevic

Even when seen from near, the olive shows / A hue of far away. Perhaps for this / The dove brought olive back

dom 30 agosto 2015 | Society > Dixit

Richard Wilbur's

Since oil is, above all, the name of the liquid extract of olives

dom 16 agosto 2015 | Society > Dixit

Thomas Aquinas

... when uncertainty and misery reigned, people survived by eating bread and olives

dom 24 maggio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Petros Markaris

I am a farmer

dom 10 maggio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Bertrand Tavernier

A farmer loves seeds like his own life

dom 12 aprile 2015 | Society > Dixit

Mo Yan

The olive branch symbolizes peace

dom 29 marzo 2015 | Society > Dixit

Daniela Marcheschi

We have exported the Mediterranean diet all over the world and have imported hamburgers crammed with cholesterol

sab 28 febbraio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Giuseppe Pontiggia

Protect plants and trees as if they were members of your family

dom 15 febbraio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Tonino Guerra

When I was a child, farmers would keep olive oil under lock and key

dom 01 febbraio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Maurizio Maggiani

The music of oil is a polyphony embracing millenniums

dom 18 gennaio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Giorgio Barbaria

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Let us sit beneath an olive tree and scrutinize the lines and creases of its trunk recalling faraway mysteries

sab 03 gennaio 2015 | Society > Dixit

Giovanni Arpino

Working in the countryside. Farming is good, and so says the Gospel

dom 07 dicembre 2014 | Society > Dixit

Ferdinando Camon

If cooking is seduction, then oil is a shoulder strap hanging down the arm

dom 23 novembre 2014 | Society > Dixit

Maria Elena Curzio

The mechanism is simple: bureaucracy puts people into a condition of need

dom 09 novembre 2014 | Society > Dixit

Luigi Caricato

When we look at where the olive tree grows, we can only wonder how does such dry and arid soil yield such a rich, dense juice

lun 29 settembre 2014 | Society > Dixit

Predrag Matvejevic