Olives: Cooking with Olives and Their Oils

I work in the gourmet food trade and was looking for an excellent reference on the topic of olives. The Gourmet Trader in NYC has a reference chart of Olives that contains pictures from this book. This book will tell you about the kinds of olives (with excellent pictures). This book also covers topics of interest related to these fruit such oil production and the cultivation of olives. Not to mention that it contains recipes! This is the book to get if you are seeking a great reference on olives.

I tasted an olive tapanade at a party and went crazy! I had to have the recipe! My friend loaned me the entire cookbook and I have had great success with the other two recipes I've tried, as well as soaking up information about the different kinds of olives and their strengths in dishes. I'm now buying the book for myself, as well as a few extra copies for gifts along the way.