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Olive Oil Baking Conversion Chart
For moist and even-textured baked goods, substitute a mild-flavored olive oil in place of butter or margarine. Olive oil adds a light, delicious taste to cakes, breads and muffins. To make the switch to olive oil, just use the easy baking conversion chart below.
Butter/Margarine ......................... Olive Oil
1 teaspoon ............................... 3/4 teaspoon
1 tablespoon ............................. 2 1/4 teaspoons
2 tablespoons ............................ 1 1/2 tablespoons
Special Holiday Hours in December. The Olive Bar will be open daily!
For your convenience, the Olive Bar will be open seven days a week through the holidays! We'll be open from 9am to 3pm on Sundays and 10am to 7pm all other days of the week. Normal business hours will resume after Christmas Day.
15% Off a Case of Oils or Balsamic Vinegars!
Come down to the Olive Bar and take advantage of our December special. Buy a case of your favorite flavors of our Extra Virgin Olive Oils and Premium Balsamic Vinegars and save 15% off! Mix and match a dozen bottles to stock up on your favorite flavors or give them as gifts. Offer good only in December 2007. If you're purchasing by mail order, the amount you save can pay for the freight in itself!
Nov 5th - Nov 12th: The Olive Bar will be CLOSED!
The Olive Bar will be closed for one week from Monday, November 5th to Monday, November 12th. We will reopen on Tuesday, November 13th for our normal business hours.
Nov 14th - Acrylic Painting Class with Rhonda Mills (6PM)
Back by popular demand, a second acrylic painting class will be held at The Olive Bar in Downtown Campbell on Wednesday, November 14, 2007. The class instructor is Rhonda Mills, creator of the mural at The Olive Bar. This class will lead students through the process of painting a picture with a Christmas theme (details to come).Nov 2nd + Nov 3rd: Sweets + Celebration with the Olive Bar, Trailsloggers, & Garofalo's
Come have coffee and sweets with the Olive Bar, Garaofalo's, and Trailsloggers in Downtown Campbell! We're getting our holiday season started off early. Come celebrate with us and every purchase you make from any of these three stores will enter you into a drawing for an awesome gift basket!
Aug 15th: Assistance League Fundraiser
The Olive Bar presents a fundraiser for The Assistance League! 15% of all sales on August 15, 2007 will be donated to The Assistance League of Los Gatos-Saratoga, which operates programs to help the children and families of Santa Clara County.
New Hours for the Olive Bar
Please note, the Olive Bar has new hours. Starting on Monday, August 6th, we'll be closed on Mondays. While the consumption of olive oil has been linked to a number of health benefits, even people who love olive oil as much as we do need to take a day off. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Hours for other days of the week remain unchanged.
Olive Oil and Packaging
There is probably no other single factor more responsible for the degradation of olive oil than improper packaging and storage. Olive oil is highly perishable and breaks down when exposed to ultra violet light. Never store olive oil in clear plastic or glass containers for a prolonged period of time. In addition, olive oil oxidizes when exposed to air. The larger the surface area exposure the more rapid oxidation occurs. Once an olive oil container is opened the natural breakdown and increase in peroxide values is accelerated, creating rancid oil.