Oil-cured olives (also called dry-cured) showed up often on my Sicilian grandmother's table. They would dot her rectangular pizzas or show up as antipasto alongside sharp cheeses, pickled artichoke ...

Big, crisp flatbread fragrant with warm spices. A trio of fabulous dips -- fresh fava “hummus” garnished with a dollop of Lebanese yogurt and sprinkled with sumac; a rich, ripe-flavored cherry tomato ...

Olive oil is great and all, but here’s a brief primer on the whole fruit, including the seven main types of olives. Did you know that you can't eat olives raw? Actually, you could eat them right off ...

Olives are small fruits that grow on olive trees and are scientifically known as Olea europaea. ‘Olea’ is Latin for ‘oil’ reflecting the high quantity of oil in olives. Olive trees are native to the ...