http://dolcevitadiaries.co.uk/2010/01/12/taste-sensations-and-then-some/ Stories and Recipes from an Italian olive grove Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:18:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dolcevitadiaries.co.uk/2010/01/12/taste-sensations-and-then-some/#comment-311 Linda Dini Jenkins Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:24:00 +0000 http://dolcevitadiaries.co.uk/?p=607#comment-311 Ah yes . . . those flavors! My grandfather's kitchen table in the '50s and '60s always included a big flat bowl of wrinkly black olives and big green olives swimming in oil, alongside a crusty round bread that could kill somebody if properly launched. It's one of my favorite memories, which I have adopted . . . although my plate resides in the fridge. Why we didn't die of some exotic food-borne disease is beyond me. And that goes for all the interesting white and green mold on the parmesan . . . Buon viaggio! Ah yes . . . those flavors! My grandfather’s kitchen table in the ’50s and ’60s always included a big flat bowl of wrinkly black olives and big green olives swimming in oil, alongside a crusty round bread that could kill somebody if properly launched. It’s one of my favorite memories, which I have adopted . . . although my plate resides in the fridge. Why we didn’t die of some exotic food-borne disease is beyond me. And that goes for all the interesting white and green mold on the parmesan . . . Buon viaggio!

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