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The Chemical Story of Olive Oil: From Grove to Table
By
Richard Blatchly;
Richard Blatchly
Keene State College, USA
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Patricia O'Hara
Patricia O'Hara
Amherst College, USA
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78262-856-9
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-846-8
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-230-0
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
348
Publication date:
21 Feb 2017
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 9: 1001 Uses for Olive Oil
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Published:21 Feb 2017
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
278 - 306
Citation
The Chemical Story of Olive Oil: From Grove to Table, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, pp. 278-306.
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We begin in the kitchen in this chapter, discussing olive oil’s use in dressing and preparing food, and we focus on the safety of using olive oil for cooking. Cosmetics and soaps have used olive oil as a base, and it has been used in religious practices and sporting events for millennia. The chemical process of soap making is featured.
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