Anyone named Olive June Black (because, by the way, her mother loved black olives and the baby was born in June), had to be an original!

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Dumont's house are expected to stay for a meal, often what she calls "Indian tacos, " made from deep-fried bread dough, hamburger, sour cream, raw onions, tomatoes and black olives.

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At the same time, the wine's earthiness gives it a lustiness that also would go well with thick veal chops smothered in a sauce of tomatoes, basil, black olives and lemon zest.

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Even though they are often deep and rich, they also have the liveliness of white wines, which means they could even complement -- this was another of our food notes -- any kind of white fish with capers, lemon and black olives.

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He was making pizza with homemade dough for the young children of his second family, and his topping was a loose, watery, fresh tomato sauce, laced with anchovies and black olives, so piquant and delicious you could eat it by the spoonful and forgo the crust altogether.

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