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How can you make your kitchen more resilient to rising food prices?

As climate change makes specific ingredients more expensive, learning to use alternative cooking oils can save you money. It helps to keep a mix of oils on hand, using cheaper options for high-heat cooking and saving premium extra virgin olive oil for cold dishes.

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Try using rapeseed or sunflower oil for frying, and use your olive oil strictly for drizzling on salads.

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Greek olive oil prices tripled in just five months due to extreme weather pressures.

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Rising summer heat and wildfires are forcing European olive trees to drop their fruit early.

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Severe droughts in Spain caused olive oil prices to surge by more than double their original cost.

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Liquid Gold: Why Olive Oil Prices Are Skyrocketing

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