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A small to medium size olive, produced in Spain and California, that is greenish brown in color and oval shaped.

An olive that has the flesh split open either manually or by a machine with thin, sharp blades in order to allow a marinade of oils (such as olive oil) vinegars, herbs (such as herbes de Provence), and spices (basil, garlic, fennel, lemon, onion, or others), to penetrate the meat faster.

A large size Italian olive that is oval in shape and when ripe, it is purplish-black in color. The meat of the olive has a firm texture and it is brine-cured or dried for serving.

A large oval shaped olive produced in southern Italy that can be either black or bright green in color, depending on maturity.

The oil produced from manual or machine pressing of the fruit (olives) from the olive tree. The flavor and color of the olive oil produced from the same variety of olive may vary significantly from one region to the next as well as from grower to grower, since soils and environment will have an effect on creating different flavors within olives grown in the same area.

An olive, traditionally from France, that has been cured in light brine, and marinated in herbes de Provence, which are selected herbs from Provence, France.

A small oval olive from Italy that has a wrinkled black flesh if they are salt cured or a smoother dark violet flesh if brine cured.

An olive that is produced in the Catalonia region of Spain. An Arebequina olive would be a traditional Catalan olive.

A large oval shaped olive grown in Spain and other countries such as the U.S., that is green in color with a rougher and meatier texture.

A term that refers to olive oil that is light in flavor: It is not a designation for olive oil that is low in calories.

A French version of olive bread, made with a dough of bread flour or all-purpose flour that is studded with green or black olives.

A type of bread that is typically made with black olives, such as Kalamata olives, to provide a distinctive flavor to the bread.

A small oval olive from Italy that has a wrinkled black flesh if they are dry-cured or a smoother dark violet flesh if brine or salt-cured.

A small oval olive from Italy that has a wrinkled black flesh if they are dry-cured or a smoother dark violet flesh if brine or salt-cured.

Small in size, this variety of olive is the main variety grown in the Ligurian region on the northwest coast of Italy.

Native to Italy, this olive variety is medium in size and oval to elongated in shape. Grown in the Apulian (Puglia) region in the southwestern part of the country, Baresi Dolci olives are harvested both for their oil and as an eating olive.

A variety of olive that is grown in Italy, most notaly in areas around Sicily. Bright green in color, the Castelvetrano Olive is harvested when it is young and is brine cured.

Clay red to purple in color, this variety of olive is a common and popular food item in Australia. Oval in shape and similar to a Chilean Alfonso or Alphonso olive, the Australian Blood Olive has a meaty texture that provides a somewhat fruity flavor.

An olive that has been soaked in oil for several months as a curing process and may have been flavored with a variety of herbs and spices.

Generally a green olive that has been soaked in lye, then rinsed in water, and placed in a salt brine to process the olive.