Food
31/60 pts
Grocery-store olive oil
On-line review · 31/60 pts
A bottle that used to be boring
The cheap stuff got worse. The good stuff got expensive. I stood in the aisle longer than I wanted to admit.
Grocery-store olive oil
MINUTECRITIC · Aug 3, 2026
Olive oil used to be the thing you grabbed without thinking. Then the prices moved and the flavor on the bottom shelf started tasting like nothing. I bought a mid bottle, took it home, put it on a tomato, and remembered what the job was.
This is a pantry review because the pantry is how most of us eat. If the oil is bad, the tomato cannot save you.
Spend a little more than you used to. Do not buy the celebrity bottle. Taste it on bread.
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