Last year, I was brainstorming ideas for a cocktail menu with a friend and consulting partner, when he asked me if I’d ever tried making a Martini with an olive oil-washed gin. I said yes, I had. I ...

Olive oil slips into our kitchens so quietly that we forget it has a personality. We splash it on salads, drizzle it onto hot pans, and stash the bottle in our cupboards somewhere between the vinegar ...