Cooking Chat Food and Wine

Author: David Crowley

Welcome to the Cooking Chat Food & Wine podcast where great recipes meet delicious wine pairings! Each episode, we dive into seasonal cooking ideas and the wines that bring them to life. You'll hear from local food producers, winemakers, chefs, home cooks, and occasionally a brewer, all sharing insights to elevate your meals and support the local food system. Building on the themes of our Cook Local, Eat Local podcast, this show expands into broader Cooking Chat topics, blending a love for seasonal ingredients, flavorful recipes, and creative wine pairings. If you're passionate about cooking with fresh, local ingredients and discovering new wine pairings, this podcast is for you. Tune in to get inspired in the kitchen and explore new flavors with us on our tasty Cooking Chat Food & Wine journey!
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Titin EVOO: High Quality Spanish Olive Oil From a Family-Owned Business
Episode 52
Saturday, 6 December, 2025

Discover what makes high-quality Spanish EVOO stand out as Daniel and Ben from Titin share their family story, explain harvest timing and flavor differences, and offer simple ways to elevate your cooking with better olive oil. In this episode, I'm joined by Daniel Danes and Ben Aguilar from Titin EVOO, a Boston-based, family-owned company importing high-quality extra virgin olive oil from Spain's renowned Jaén region. Daniel shares the inspiring story behind the brand, rooted in three generations of women who started harvesting olive oil in southern Spain more than a century ago. We also explore what truly sets great olive oil apart — from harvest timing and terroir to traceability and polyphenol levels. Ben and Daniel walk us through the differences between early harvest and November harvest oils, how to decode olive oil labels, and why the Picual variety delivers such vibrant, peppery flavor. They also share simple ways to use both their Universal (everyday) and Finishing olive oils to elevate salads, pasta, roasted vegetables, fried eggs, desserts, and more. Whether you're a home cook or an olive oil enthusiast, this episode offers practical tips for choosing and using high-quality EVOO. Includes a tasting of Titin's oils and ideas for bringing more Mediterranean flavor into your home cooking.