olives Archives - Our Italian Table

August 15, 2012

Southern Italian seafood salad (Insalata di mare)

Seafood salad is served all over Italy: anywhere near the sea and with ready access to seafood, which is most of the country. This is …

January 2, 2011

Roast Chicken With Fennel

Food / Main Courses / Recipes

There are big beautiful bulbs of fennel in the grocery store right now and it prompted me to go hunting for a winter time recipe. …

December 4, 2010

Linguine piccanti con polpo e olive: Spicy linguine with octopus and olives

Food / Pasta, Risotto, Breads / Recipes

Octopus is so easy to find, it’s too bad people don’t cook with it more. You can buy it fresh at fish stores or frozen …

July 27, 2009

Roman Summer Tomato Salad

Food / Recipes / Salads

It’s that time of the summer when Farmers’ Markets, backyard gardens and even ordinary grocery stores are bursting with beautiful Heirloom Tomatoes of all shapes, …