Recipes — Omnivore

If you decide that olive oil sounds good, not only for savory dishes, but for sweet ones as well, you will love this mom's favorite cake. Using a good-quality olive oil makes a difference in this cake, which is dense and moist and just the right amount of sweet.

Ripe autumn olives, an invasive but delicious tree berry, are slightly sweet-tart and pleasingly tannic. The tangy hit of flavor from the autumn olives is the perfect foil to rich, buttery lamb chops, encrusted in cumin, coriander, and black pepper. This recipe is a perfect way to make something special and celebrate the holidays. You will be blown away by how tasty this creation is!

This caramelized peanut loaf, made with roasted peanut oil, stays moist and tender with the essence of peanut gracing every crumb, not just the burnished nuts on top. Sometimes the caramel seeps down into gooey little pockets in the cake below – a welcome surprise for any snacker.