Green olives are younger and underripe, while black olives have been aged for longer and are either ripe or overripe. They have slightly different tastes as a result, with green olives tasting ...

olives shift from green, then to mottled yellow, then to a dark, ripe, purpley black. These changing colors are a vital part of the harvesting process. Olive farmers want to try to catch olives ...

The names of the dishes roll across the tongue like ripe black olives: Carpaccio di Tonno. Ribollita Toscana. Sformato di Zucchine. And the flavors? Like little time bombs, set to shower the ...