Putting Olive Oils To the Taste Test

For our olive oil tasting, we selected nine bottles in different price ranges, deliberately avoiding house brands. Some are easily available, while others can be purchased at gourmet food stores, some farmers markets or on the Internet. Chefs Cesare Lanfranconi, Ris Lacoste and Jose Andres graded the oils on a scale from 1 to 10 and suggested best uses. Here is what they said: