When Olive Met Tomato : A Complicated Love Story

Oct. 9 is a holiday commemorating the blending of European and American cultures, a topic fit for sorrow and celebration

Greek temple, c. 5th century B.C., and centuries-old olive tree, Agrigento, Sicily, 2015. Author photo. Author’s handsome husband holding an olive.

Here’s one of the top items on my travel wishlist — a day of Sicilian agritourism to pick olives with experts and learn more about the most iconic tree of the Mediterranean.