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Picture of a person pouring olive oil into an enormous ceramic urn at an estate in Tuscany

Olive Oil

A story in the September 1999 issue was dedicated to olive oil and its many uses. In this photo, century-old ceramic urns store olive oil at a Tuscan estate that has made this "liquid gold" for 1,200 years.
Photograph by Ira Block, Nat Geo Image Collection