Here’s How To Store Your Olive Oil, According To Ina Garten
Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/May 31, 2021 11:23 am EST
When the kitchen commandments, carved into old slabs of granite countertops, were handed down to Ina Garten from on high, they were fairly straightforward. Keep your knives sharp, stick with recipes you know, and if you’re making one cake you might as well make two. That sort of thing. The masses took to their stoves, and their food processors, and their Le Creusets. And lo; it was good. Alas, it wasn’t long before the masses grew restless. They traded slow cookers in for air fryers, they swapped out their cosmopolitans for Aperol spritzes. They began to watch TikTok recipes. More! they cried. Give us more! And, in her mighty goodness, the great Ina Garten obeyed.
For over 40 years now, rather than wander aimlessly through the culinary desert, the masses have been guided by the wit and wisdom of Garten. Barefoot Contessa, the specialty shop she ran in the Hamptons (before making it big on Food Network and founding an empire of the same name), was purchased by Garten 43 years ago this month, and Garten credits the tiny kitchen store for kickstarting a career in food that has spanned multiple television shows, 12 cookbooks, and countless chicken parms (via People). Her bubbly persona and the meticulous testing and recreating of every recipe she writes have earned her the people’s trust. So when Garten tells you how to store your oils and vinegars — oil tell you now — olive you better listen carefully.
Here’s How To Store Your Olive Oil, According To Ina Garten
Shutterstock
By Melissa Campana/May 31, 2021 11:23 am EST
When the kitchen commandments, carved into old slabs of granite countertops, were handed down to Ina Garten from on high, they were fairly straightforward. Keep your knives sharp, stick with recipes you know, and if you’re making one cake you might as well make two. That sort of thing. The masses took to their stoves, and their food processors, and their Le Creusets. And lo; it was good. Alas, it wasn’t long before the masses grew restless. They traded slow cookers in for air fryers, they swapped out their cosmopolitans for Aperol spritzes. They began to watch TikTok recipes. More! they cried. Give us more! And, in her mighty goodness, the great Ina Garten obeyed.
For over 40 years now, rather than wander aimlessly through the culinary desert, the masses have been guided by the wit and wisdom of Garten. Barefoot Contessa, the specialty shop she ran in the Hamptons (before making it big on Food Network and founding an empire of the same name), was purchased by Garten 43 years ago this month, and Garten credits the tiny kitchen store for kickstarting a career in food that has spanned multiple television shows, 12 cookbooks, and countless chicken parms (via People). Her bubbly persona and the meticulous testing and recreating of every recipe she writes have earned her the people’s trust. So when Garten tells you how to store your oils and vinegars — oil tell you now — olive you better listen carefully.
For over 40 years now, rather than wander aimlessly through the culinary desert, the masses have been guided by the wit and wisdom of Garten. Barefoot Contessa, the specialty shop she ran in the Hamptons (before making it big on Food Network and founding an empire of the same name), was purchased by Garten 43 years ago this month, and Garten credits the tiny kitchen store for kickstarting a career in food that has spanned multiple television shows, 12 cookbooks, and countless chicken parms (via People).
Her bubbly persona and the meticulous testing and recreating of every recipe she writes have earned her the people’s trust. So when Garten tells you how to store your oils and vinegars — oil tell you now — olive you better listen carefully.
Avoid light, heat, and oxygen
Olive oil faces three mighty foes in its quest to bring you shimmering hot pans and a drizzly, balanced bruschetta: light, heat, and oxygen. Storing your olive oil in the pantry will keep the liquid gold at room temperature, protecting it from too much light or heat. Make sure you keep your bottle capped when it’s not in use to avoid unnecessary contact with air, and your olive oil should be good to go.
