There's Tea, and Then There's Good Tea

In pursuit of pleasure—driving west

Five O’Clock Tea, Mary Cassatt, 1880

I finally used the good olive oil. Five years after traveling to Spain, and three years after its expiration date, I poured olive oil from Seville all over my tomatoes. I added rice vinegar and salt to impress my husband.

I don’t know why I waited so long. There’s an Italian bottle, purchased in Puglia—the motherland …