olives

  • Set Out a Single Pit With Your Bowl of Olives

    Set Out a Single Pit With Your Bowl of Olives

    lifehackerinternational

    Putting a little ramekin next to a bowl of olives for discarded pits has long been “the move,” but an empty ramekin requires an explanation. Rather than tell every person at the table or (very small) gathering (of your immediate family) that the little bowl is “for the olive pits,” simply eat an olive and…

  • Puréed Olives Make A Great Marinade

    Claire Lower

    Maybe it’s because I like a martini with my steak dinner, but salty, savoury, slightly fruity olives have always seemed like a natural flavour partner for a butter-basted piece of beef. Topping one with a tapenade is very fine and dandy, but using puréed olives as a marinade is next level.