So exactly where did Tapenade come from? I figured it was french due to the sounding of the word, but looking into old Google! one finds out this…Olive-based tapenades with anchovies and/or vinegar are ubiquitous in Italian cuisine and are documented in ancient Roman cookbooks dating back thousands of years before the appearance of the French word tapenade, or indeed the French language itself. The earliest known tapenade recipe, Olivarum conditurae, appears in Columella’s De re Rustica, written in the first century AD. I am just glad someone invented it!!!
With our class in history over, let’s move onto to today, the now! The Right Now! Tapenade has to be one of the most simple mixtures to create, that sounds so fancy like you should have slaved all day…
Here is my simple quick version of a Cowgirl Tapenade!