Plate, and finish with a little more olive oil and salt. Tahini is by far one of my favorite ingredients to add to pasta dishes ... Feta, And Kalamata Olives Remember the viral baked feta pasta?

It's tossed with a no-cook sauce made with grated beefsteak and cherry tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Although sometimes confused for rice, orzo is a short pasta.

According to Anna Del Conte, Italian-born British food writer, Spaghetti Puttanesca is a dish with roots in the poorest ...

Kalamata olives are a widely recognized and much-loved type of Greek olive that grow on the Kalamon ... ingredient in all manner of Mediterranean dishes, and make a mean tapenade too.

so it should come as no surprise that they’re often required in Mediterranean-style dishes. You can find pitted kalamata olives at the grocery store and you can buy olive pitting gadgets ...

Credit: My Greek Table The landscape is almost one continuous olive grove ... into cooked dishes but rather served as a meze on the table. Here’s a modern rendition, where Kalamata olives ...