"If you do a dressing with an olive oil that is too strong, you hide the other ingredients, " Mr. Ripert explained.
Outside Wirathu's office at the New Ma Soe Yein monastery hangs a large poster of him gazing heavenward next to a dove with an olive branch in its beak.
The L.A. house, nestled between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills and blessed with terrific views, is by far his most modern creation, but it retains a classic Romualdez mix: High-gloss white terrazzo floors and flokati-upholstered Ricky Clifton settees share space with an Italian olive wood pyramid from Carlton Hobbs, one of his favorite dealers.
Before a recent trip to Italy, it had never occurred to me to stuff an olive with meat.
Anyone who has grilled a cherry tomato, roasted an ear of corn, sampled eggplant slices brushed with olive oil and cooked over an open flame or even broiled a simple mushroom cap can testify to the joys of grilling vegetables.
The authorities have said they want to develop an olive-shaped society, with a fat base in the middle.
Neither entity has seemed willing to extend an olive branch and come up with any compromise -- until recently.
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Around the corner is the Olive Tree, an authentic kosher restaurant with a modern, upmarket ambience.
Milena had large blue eyes, an elegant nose, and olive skin covered with a graceful network of fine wrinkles.
It is not an olive branch for bipartisan deal-making with the House GOP.
There is the elite athlete race, the one shown on television that usually ends with a Kenyan handed a silver trophy and crowned by an olive wreath.
Another time, he taught me to load a boule of country bread with the guts of an over-ripe tomato, a stream of olive oil and a thick slice of potato omelet to make the world's best vegetarian sandwich.
Olive doesn't fancy the idea of eating a steak with an epinephrine auto-injector, which treats life-threatening allergic reactions.
As Israel, Lebanon and Turkey deal with conflicting claims over the regional find and maritime, Cyprus appears content to extend an olive branch to all in the region.
Although he has only been in the kitchen since Easter, the results are impressive, starting with a range of raw vegetables accompanied by an intensely smoky baba ganoush, the existing Petersham brand of extra virgin olive oil and pita bread.
It had dumped a bunch of oddball assets, including an olive farm in South America, a jet-leasing business and a ski resort, but with six CEOs in eight years (Wood was the potential lucky number seven), Dana remained adrift, a 108-year-old company in search of a new beginning.
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It was an olive branch to Republicans, but he didn't explain what he's going to do with the nuclear waste.
President Bush and congressional lawmakers have vowed to come up with a bipartisan plan to help jumpstart the economy, and in press conferences throughout the week, they have extended an olive branch in the name of providing a fast-acting, short-term fix.
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