If you have an olive tree, try curing your own ripe olives at home.

Fabrizia Lanza shared her recipe for dry-cured black olives, flavored with orange and rosemary.

These gorgonzola-stuffed olives make for a perfect party app since they can be made up to a week in advance. Just refrigerate the assembled stuffed olives recipe until an hour before party time.

Pre-dinner snacks serve two purposes: They should be salty enough to encourage cocktail drinking but have enough heft to temper the alcohol’s effects. These deliver on both fronts.

For a simple, light and low-effort dinner, nothing beats a mezze plate--tasty little dishes with different Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors. They are also great for holiday entertaining because with just one trip to a good grocery store, you can pick up most of the components and can just plop them into bowls and onto plates. And if you have a little extra time, you can prepare a couple of simple but exotic recipes like Diana Henry's Spiced Feta in Olive Oil and Persian Marinated…

These easy marinated olives come together in under 20 minutes. You can enjoy them straightaway or keep them in the refrigerator up to 5 days. We love these served warm. The olive oil is also delicious — use in homemade dressings or when cooking vegetables and meats.

Pre-dinner snacks serve two purposes: They should be salty enough to encourage cocktail drinking but have enough heft to temper the alcohol’s effects. These deliver on both fronts.

Pre-dinner snacks serve two purposes: They should be salty enough to encourage cocktail drinking but have enough heft to temper the alcohol’s effects. These deliver on both fronts.

Don't pay olive bar prices when you can make your own marinated olives with a vinaigrette with ingredients you probably have in the house!

Do you buy olives at your local grocer’s olive bar? I mean, who can resist those piles of glistening Castelvetranos and Kalamatas? As a person who will buy olives over potato chips any day, this area of the grocery is an absolute weakness. But is the olive bar really worth it? I began to wonder — why don’t I just make my own marinated olives? It seems so simple! The olive bar is just too tempting, normally.

For an easy holiday party appetizer, jazz up assorted olives with citrus slices and fresh herbs.

This easy recipe for Garlic, Thyme, and Rosemary Marinated Olives is perfect for simple holiday entertaining! These olives also make a great gift.

Chili flakes are one of my very favorite things to cook with, if you haven't already noticed. This appetizer is a classic in my family, and it even made my

Fabrizia Lanza shared her recipe for dry-cured black olives, flavored with orange and rosemary.

Marinated Olives

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