Olives bring Mediterranean flavor and history to your table, with ancient roots in Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures. The curing process—using water, brine, lye, or salt—transforms bitter raw olives ...

You know the game you play where you have to name 10 foods you would bring to a desert island? When tasked with answering this complex question I always choose olives as one of my forever foods. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Picture it: a sun-drenched Sicilian grove at harvest, air thick with the earthy aroma of olives, or the windswept hills of Morocco ...

The olive harvest begins late September and finishes as late as early March. Green olives are picked from late September to about the end of November. Blond olives are collected between October and ...

Q: Why do green olives come in bottles but black olives come only in cans? A: Although “only in cans” is an overgeneralization, it is, for the most part, accurate; but only because green olives and ...

Pity the canned Lindsay olive. That bland black fruit, long the pride of California and a party-tray staple, has been upstaged by supermarket olive bars. Since their debut in the Bay Area more than a ...

"The olive tree is surely the richest gift of heaven." -- Thomas Jefferson The olives glisten in white bins like amethyst, jade and onyx. A man samples each one, making mental note of the flavor and ...

Many people don't know that salty, chewy olives are actually a fruit. Their long, fascinating history and wildly varied forms make them a great ingredient in the kitchen and a rich source of ...

Q: We have an olive tree loaded with olives in various stages of ripeness from partially green to fully ripe and falling from the tree. Is it too early to harvest and cure the olives? A: Now is the ...

You probably grab olives without a second thought—plopping them onto a salad, piling them on an appetizer tray or sneaking one from your martini (guilty as charged). Tasty? Absolutely. But could you ...