In my ever ending search for culinary wonders, I found a delightful Olive Oil wrestled from the semi arid hills of ancient Greece. One can almost sense the presence of ancient Sparta in the exquisite flavor of this fine oil.
If you never have an opportunity to visit ancient Sparta (BTW, you will find few pictures of the area on the internet with the exception of this fine Lykovouno Web Site) you should stop and visit the olive groves nearby. The story is charming , it tells of a San Francisco dematologist returning to his ancestral home to rekindle a business. Fortunately for me, I discovered in reading his web site that he has a number of outlets in Northern California!
‘Lykovouno’ means something like ‘Wolf Mountain’ and one can almost see Spartan King Leonidas as a boy traveling and killing a wolf… maybe on this very mountain as his rite of passage. Spartan Boys were sent out to fend for themselves to test their worthiness, often having to steal, capture or hunt to eat.
So whether you are planning a Greek Feast or for everyday cooking, Lykovouno (pronounced Lee-ko-voo-no) Olive oil is wonderful. HERE is the site!