Marinated Olives

Nothing could be simpler than mixing up a dish of these flavorful olives, whether you are serving them as part of an antipasto platter for a party or as a small bite with chilled white wine for an afternoon get-together in the garden. Choose a mixture of colors and textures, such as green Cerignola or Picholine olives, black Gaetas or Kalamatas, purplish black nicoise olives and wrinkled Moroccan dry-cured black olives. These are just a few of the many choices now widely available at most supermarket olive bars.