11.   Green olives make an interesting alternative, though.

12.   I could almost forgive the kitchen for the duck with green olives and almonds that was not exactly the freshest bird in the flock.

13.   Johnson, for example, stuffs them with leg of lamb, green olives and pine nuts.

14.   Olives, from tiny Nicoise to cracked green Sicilian olives, are sold in bulk.

15.   Stir in remaining oil, green olives, kalamata olives and artichokes.

16.   The chicken is baked in its own juices with green olives, golden raisins, sun-dried tomatoes, onions, garlic and white wine.

17.   The harvest begins when the green olives start to develop faint purple stripes around September.

18.   The oil, pressed in Tuscany from green olives grown in Apulia, is flash frozen as soon as it is bottled.

19.   These briny green olives are terrific for nibbling throughout the holiday season.

20.   Those not treated with the oxygen are sold as green olives.