41.   Some things are naturally oblong, like deviled eggs and black olives.

42.   So the salmon was sliced, pounded and stuffed with a mixture of black olives and cured lemon rind, roasted red peppers and herb pesto.

43.   Sprinkle on the black olives, frozen peas and tomato.

44.   Sprinkle with the lemon zest, chives and black olives, and season with pepper.

45.   The black olives are picked green, treated for bitterness and then pumped with oxygen, which turns them from green to black.

46.   The base is almost always black olives in brine, which are better for this sauce than oil-cured olives.

47.   The colorful Corn Relish with green and red peppers, black olives and red onion can be made a day in advance of serving and kept refrigerated.

48.   The dish is finished with fillets of a sturdy white fish and a generous quantity of black olives.

49.   The lamb shank, an impressive, darkly glistening hunk of meat, makes a straightforward enough statement with fried potatoes, provencal vegetables and black olives.

50.   The menu is packed with innovations like shredded shoulder of lamb with cabbage, thyme and black olives.