Olive Oil and the Plant-Forward Kitchen: Flavor Strategies
Of all the cultural models of healthy, sustainable plant-forward dietary patterns and food systems, the heavily researched traditional Mediterranean Diet stands out for the inspiration it offers to American, Northern European and other global audiences. At the heart of Mediterranean food cultures is the olive oil kitchen. In this white paper, “Olive Oil and the Plant-Forward Kitchen,” we explore what makes the plant parts of the plant-forward Mediterranean kitchen so delicious. And we’ll ask how we might more fully adapt some of these techniques, flavors and other insights to advance plant-forward imperatives beyond the Mediterranean region. This “think piece” on the uptapped potential of the Mediterranean kitchen was written in conjunction with a recent seminar in New York City, “The New Olive Oil Kitchen,” co-presented by The Culinary Institute of America and the International Olive Council.
Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean Digital Magazine Released
Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean: Digital Magazine is a publication of the Torribera Mediterranean Center, a joint project of The Culinary Institute of America and the University of Barcelona. It accompanies the Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean Conference that took place in 2022; you can watch a recording of that program here. The new edition of Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean: Digital Magazine highlights sessions from the 2022 Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean conference held at the University of Barcelona. Topics include biodiversity, health and the Mediterranean diet, as well as menuing for net zero carbon emissions. Watch videos from the 2022 conference here!
With now overwhelming scientific evidence of the personal and planetary healthfulness of the traditional Mediterranean Diet, the emphasis of the Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean conference programming each year is on translation and implementation. That is, how can we take what we have learned from studies, clinical trials, scholarly insight, and dietary guidance—and from the science of climate change and biodiversity preservation—and apply that in very practical terms to new menu directions, new food and restaurant business models, new food environments for our schools and hospitals, innovation in agriculture and food production, new models of collaboration and inclusion, and the re-imagining of Mediterranean traditions in ways that both honor this heritage but also truly engage our families, our fellow citizens, and our business customers.
Learn more here about Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean.
