Although summer is still a few months away, olives will bring bright, robust flavor to dinner any time of year. Have some as an appetizer while you prepare dinner. Maybe even in a martini?
Food Ideas
Love to Cook: Classic Chicken Marbella from The Silver Palate Cookbook
Weeknight Reality: Caesar salad with olives and grilled chicken (or fish)
Need a Miracle: Take-and-bake bread, a selection of deli cheese and meat, and a jar of olive tapenade
Recipe Links
Chicken Marbella – The Silver Palate
Radicchio, Fennel & Olive Panzanella – bon appetit, via Epicurious
Two Olive Caesar Salad – Food & Wine
John Besh’s Green Olive Tapenade – Food 52
Parting Thought
“They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.”
Henry David Thoreau
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