"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 ...

Q. A simple request, if you can fill it. The Olive Salad at Doris’ Market in Coral Springs drives me nuts – delicious! Can you get the recipe for me? – Bob Kaplan, Coral Springs. Q. Doris’ Italian ...

Olives are not an acquired taste, to reprise the common bias, except in one turn of that phrase. You acquire them; you taste them. Done. While we’re all too ready to use olive oil to cook our food, we ...

From “Frank Stitt’s Bottega Favorita,” by Frank Stitt (Artisan). Serves 4 to 6. Ingredients Four 2 1/2-inch-long kosher-cut short ribs (about 4 pounds), trimmed of excess fat 1 1/4 pounds oxtail, in ...

Enzo Carollo, an olive farmer in Castelbuono, Sicily, uses a wooden contraption he built to sift out leaves and twigs from olives he gathered in December 2022 to make olive oil. The back-breaking ...

Summer is the time for what we like to call "big-batch salads," hearty dishes that are large enough to serve about 12 to 16 people, making them ideal for picnics and barbecues. We focus our big-batch ...