[ad#banner] Well after the minor panic attack with the loss of my fabulous recipe for curing raw olives I can finally heave a sigh of relief till next year.  You probably think I’m a tad over-excitable but the thing is I really adore good olives.  It grieves me though, to pay someone else to do [...]

[ad#big-square] Right then this is the definitive way to cure raw black (well purple) olives with a huge thank-you to Suechef and Cassie Maroun-Paladin.  This is a Lebanese method of preserving raw black olives, it takes time but there really is very little for you to do other than wait for the delicious olives to [...]

[ad#big-square] Preserving raw olives is easy! Every year I attempt a new recipe for preserving raw olives – that is olives picked straight from the tree.  If you’ve ever tasted a freshly picked raw olive you’ll understand just how awful they are.  A bit bitter would be a huge understatement.  In my ignorance I excitedly [...]