Definition of tapenade
: a seasoned spread made chiefly with mashed black olives, capers, and anchovies
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The inside’s like an Italian muffuletta, anchored by black olive tapenade with salami, ham, provolone, cheddar, lettuce, tomato and Italian dressing.
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Add tapenade to beans; toss until evenly coated. Garnish with parsley.
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Her favorite olives are perfect for snacking, salads, sauces, or chopping into a rosemary-olive tapenade to top sliced fried potatoes and goat cheese.
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Visit the gourmet market and take home stuffed olives, tapenades and pasta sauce, among other items.
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Appropriately Frenchy nibbles: duck paté, country paté, smoked salmon, Croque Monsieur, tapenade and country bread, plus meats and cheese boards.
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Burgers are offered on American buns or French bread, with toppings like olive tapenade, spicy aioli and roasted tomato provencal.
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Spread the inside of the top half with olive tapenade.
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Shared appetizers revolve around plates of marinated olives, roasted cauliflower, mushroom croquettes, carrot and ginger soup, roasted beets, jam and pan con tomate, and a cheese board served with tapenade, fig jam and marcona almonds.
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Origin and Etymology of tapenade
French tapénade, from Occitan tapenado, from tapeno caper, ultimately from Latin capparis — more at caper
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