A Quote by Bee Wilson

Learning to cook in the 1990s, I thought 'proper olives' meant black. The benchmark was Kalamata from Greece: purple-black with an almost mushroomy depth of flavour. Other fine examples were tiny Coquilles from Nice and plump round Tanches from Nyons.

Bee Wilson

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Bee Wilson
British - Journalist
Born: March 7, 1974

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