I gave this to son number 2 instead of The Wild Sheep Chase. He loves food, is half Sicilian (I mean, all my kids are, but he really loves food and cookbooks) and I had just read a book he left at my house accidentally (haha read it before I returned it to him) called Tokyo Gangster which was really interesting post WWII history of Japan and a particular Italian American gangster who rose and fell in several cycles in Tokyo during that fascinating time. Turns out, my son had already read Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil..so that's a bummer. But, if you are interested to know a little more about olive oil, why it is so good, enduring, and corruptible...read this book.