I know we’re all thinking about the election, but to stave off the inevitable burnout that will come of too much political news, I offer this bit of good news as the Photo of the Week:
MADRID (AFP) – It’s official: Olive oil is good for you, according to conclusions published by a group of 300 scientists who attended a weekend conference on its life-giving properties in the southern Spanish city of Jaen.
It was either this, or cheesecake. In any case, I should do more foodblogging.

I read where Sophia Loren drinks a glass of it every day. And have you noticed her chest?!
It’s hard to miss:
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/1673/Events/1673/SophiaLore_Pimen_635728_400.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Loren,%20Sophia
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0110907/Ss/0110907/1-3.jpg?path=pgallery&path_key=Loren,%20Sophia
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0061523/hk1.jpg
And here I was talking about cheesecake.