Family picnics, Friday night barbecues and last minute invitations to a friend's potluck doesn't always require that you bring a dish to share, but more often than not it's a good idea to bring a little something even if it means a bottle of wine, olives or some good cheese.
One of the easiest and most flavorful appetizers you can make is olive tapenade. The olive tapenade that is common on appetizer menus today does not often reflect the classic Provencal dish from which the name applies. Tapenade comes from the word tapeno, which is French for caper.
One of the most satisfying things about having an herb garden is reaching an arm outside the kitchen window and plucking off some fresh thyme from your thyme plant or walking no further than your back yard for a sprig of rosemary for a recipe.
Today is the second day in our Week of Julia (Child, that is!). There is something special about fresh garden peas.
