Joe Shaw makes his salads with a light dressing of balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and olive oil. “You remember the days when you could have olive oil." As the world warms, extreme weather is disrupting the production of some of life’s great comforts—wine, olive oil, coffee and cocoa. “You have to use extra virgin olive oil, you cannot put avocado oil or something like that," Mazzei said. First came unusually heavy rains last year that split the outer skins of his coffee beans, hurting the flavor of his early-year harvest.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 10, 2024 10:40 UTC