GOOD TASTES.Byline: - Natalie Haughton NUT OILS ARE POPULAR Nut oils have become increasingly popular because they are not only healthy but offer flavor variety as well. While some are quite pricey Pricey Term used for an unrealistically low bid price or unrealistically high offer price. pricey Of, relating to, or being an unrealistically high offer. An offer to sell a security at $50 when the current market price is $47 is pricey. , others are not. California Oils Corp. in Richmond, Calif., has partnered with the 150-year old French oil mill Les Huileries de la Croix La Croix is a French, Roman Catholic, daily newspaper. It is published in Paris and distributed throughout the country, with a circulation of just under 100,000. It is neither explicitly liberal or conservative on major political issues, but follows the Church's position Verte et La Tourangelle, to create La Tourangelle Inc., a Woodland, Calif.-based company, to produce high-quality, affordable gourmet nut oils for the U.S. market. The company makes roasted walnut and almond oils Noun 1. almond oil - pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water using California-grown nuts in Woodland. They also offer a hazelnut oil, made in Samur, France (by the parent company), that is bottled in California. You'll find the nut oils in 16.9-ounce tins in selected supermarkets (Ralphs, Vons, Gelson's, Whole Foods, Bristol Farms Bristol Farms is a grocery store chain that markets itself as being "upscale", with thirteen stores located mainly in the Southern California market. Formerly a subsidiary of Albertsons, Bristol Farms is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, Inc. ) with suggested retail prices ranging from $5.99 to $10.99 each, depending on the product (almond oil is the most expensive). Use the oils in salad dressings, sauces, as flavorings for meat, fish, rice, pasta and vegetable dishes. Shelf life is 18 months unopened and 6 months in the refrigerator once opened. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Walnut Oil Noun 1. walnut oil - oil from walnuts vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants English walnut - nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking (2) Hazelnut Oil (3) Almond Oil |
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