Styling and photography by Sina Mizrahi
Chanukah is the holiday of light, miracles, and oil. Which all intertwine, of course — the light and the oil commemorate the miracle of the small jug of oil that stayed lit for eight days.
I find it so interesting that we tend to commemorate a miracle having to do with olive oil… by frying food in canola oil!
There is a reason we don’t deep-fry in olive oil. It becomes rancid and unhealthy at temperatures above 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius). But deep-frying aside, olive oil is gold. It is literally the healthiest oil in the world.
There are other healthy oils out there, of course. Unrefined avocado oil is a healthy, non-inflammatory monounsaturated fat. Unrefined coconut oil is a healthy, non-inflammatory saturated fat. Unrefined flaxseed and sesame oils are also healthy oils. But none does quite as much for our bodies as olive oil does.
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