Olive Oil Stories | Communal table | Culinary lab

This event is part inspiration session, part kitchen focused. Designed by Terri Salminen, a professional cook, storyteller and teacher, the day is organized around exploration of taste.

the day begins

The morning begins with a talk guided by the award-winning olive oil taster Francesca de Ritis. She will unravel the complexity of new harvest (extra virgin) olive oils, showing you how to taste this ingredient with all the senses in a beyond inspiring way!

the communal table

At lunchtime, you will find a seat at a shared table, composed with spring leaves and the first herbs of the season. Textures created by raw and cooked ingredients, that celebrate the simple beauty of Italian regional cooking is the focus for good food prepared with thoughtful flavors.

the culinary lab

The afternoon is dedicated to hands-on kitchen practices where extra virgin olive oils show their magical effects.. Call the afternoon an exercise in ‘cooking grammar’ — a concept I will tell you all about while sharing recipes and cooking guidelines in a collaborative kitchen setting. You will taste self-made ingredients to add to your storehouse of culinary techniques relevant for every season, especially where vegetables (and fruits) are the centre piece.

for who

This is designed for cooks, students, designers, creatives and food passionates who want to dive deeper into the story of a singularly important ingredient -- namely extra virgin olive oil!

what to expect

meet a community of food and design people over freshly baked bread . olive oil and coffee

learn from an expert olive oil taster

enjoy a shared lunch designed around the day’s theme, included in the price of the ticket

enter the kitchen and explore cooking within the context of science

observe hands-on techniques and apply them to a variety of ingredients

learn from your host about culinary rules and how to break them

create an elements to build a personal kitchen perfume pantry

take home cooking grammar recipes to come back to in your own kitchen

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Terri Salminen