Fish served amid mountains of olives and fresh veggies is Kellari Taverna 's specialty.

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At ZED451 in downtown Chicago chef Patrick Quakenbush prepares a braised octopus salad paired with more familiar ingredients including frisee, kalamata olives, heirloom tomatoes, fresh oregano, cucumbers and a lemon vin.

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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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Tapenade spread on a fresh baguette will offer salty-meaty flavor from the olives (as well as heart-healthy fatty acids) and tasty carbs from the bread.

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