Fratepietro Bella di Cerignola Green Olives in Brine

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

330 gram jar - Cerignola, Italy Olives are old. Cultivated olive trees spread from Asia Minor to the Mediterranean basin 6,000 years ago and predate written language. Many of us grew up knowing olives by color or by whether they were pitted or stuffed. We knew them as this delicious, soft vegetable placed on salads or pizza. As our culinary knowledge has expanded, we have learned that olives, by the time they arrive in the palm of our hands, come in many colors. These colors are based in part on