Welcome to our new (old) newsletter
You can now leave comments and questions : ) Find EXAU at Crate & Barrel today (!!!)
Ciao! Happy Friday and welcome to our new (old) newsletter. We’ve been slow to write recently for two reasons:
We’ve been editing the final manuscript for our book (with Ten Speed publishing in 2023 baby!!!)
We dreaded using our old newsletter provider : (
If you’re new around here, we’re Skyler and Giuseppe, the founders of EXAU Olive Oil, a lovely Italian olive oil company based in Calabria, Italy and Austin, Texas. And I, Skyler, am the primary writer of these ‘love notes’!
We have a lot of exciting news to share with you all over the next few weeks and are so happy you’re here : )
Writing Our Book
Writing this book has been one of the most rewarding and challenging things we’ve done thus far in our careers. There are days when words easily flow onto the page and others when things feel stuck. Thankfully, a quick trip down the rocks and a swim in the Ionian can fix about 98% of our problems.
Also, working with your significant other presents a unique challenge. Especially, when one is as detail-oriented as Giuseppe (see Skyler’s video on the minutia of Italians on TikTok). Thankfully, we balance each other out. Plus, we have a pretty kickass editor.
The best part about this new newsletter format is that YOU can comment and ask us questions right here and we can respond!
Do you have any specific questions about olive oil? Don’t be shy, please leave a comment. This will help us make sure we get all the information you want and need about olive oil into our book!
Shout to Fran for sending us this pic from Crate & Barrel NYC <3 <3 <3
Find Us At Crate & Barrel
Y'all, we are now stocked at Crate & Barrel nationwide and online! We are so excited about this because Crate & Barrel has been a retailer we’ve admired for a long time and working with them has been a great experience. As a bonus, they joined Fifteen Percent Pledge and we are so excited to see more Black-owned businesses in their stores over the next few years.
If you head to Crate & Barrel PLEASE send us a photo on Instagram or email!
We still owe you a newsletter about pasta. We also want to talk about our book. Stayed tuned I’m working on that now.
And thank you so much for being a part of these newsletters. Writing to you always makes our hearts feel a little lighter.
If you’re in need of a restock of oil visit us at EXAUoliveoil.com/products!
This is where y’all can leave comments if you’d like! 😊🙌🏽🙆🏽♀️
Love the newsletter & your thoughts. Very excited about your book, yay! Congrats on Crate & Barrel - I love that store, though I confess, I don't go into stores much given the pandemic & wanting to be careful. But I'll tell friends & relatives who are also C&B fans that you're there. Keep up the great work!