What's your favorite cooking oil?

What's your favorite cooking oil? Growing up in my grandparents home I saw two things on a very regular basis, that familiar blue tub of Crisco and sticks of butter.  In my parents house bottles of liquid golden colored vegetable oil was used for salad dressing, stir fry and frying chicken. I at some point either in high school or when I was first out on my own discovered olive oil and in cooking school that seemed to be all we used.  Today olive oil is the most widely used cooking oil in the United Sates with Vegetable and Canola following closely behind.  For me personally I still reach for olive oil more than not but my cabinets also boast bottles of canola, vegetable, peanut, grapeseed, coconut, and now rice bran oil.

One of the great things about my work is the opportunity I have to try so many different food products and let's just say I have struck gold with this newest one.  California Rice Bran Oil has recently impressed none other than Dr. Oz with its super high smoke point (Hello deep fried Thanksgiving Turkey) and healthy balance of poly-unsaturated, mono-unsaturated, and saturated fats.  I first put the oil to the test replacing it for the olive oil in my house vinaigrette but the Rice Bran Oil really showed me what it was made of when I used it for the fried green tomatoes in my last cooking class.  But don't take my word for it, try it yourself.  Over at our sister blog The Blacker The Berry Food I am hosting a giveaway, simply leave a comment telling me how you would or have used California Rice Bran oil in your cooking.  The winner will be chosen at random on Friday, August 17th and the winner will be announced on Monday, August 20th.

And for my local folks who can't wait that long, you can head down to the Cape May Organic Market where they recently starting carrying it.  Give it a try and let me know what you think!