This was certainly the case with the dipping sauce of oil, scallions, ginger and salt that I had in two Cantonese restaurants recently.

Over this, the hostess pours a sauce of potatoes, cream, milk and olive oil.

Alioli, a whipped sauce of fresh garlic and olive oil, accompanies many dishes.

Another worthy choice was angel-hair pasta in a tasty sauce of fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic and olive oil.

The Roman poet Virgil describes a sauce of crushed herbs, garlic, salt, and olive oil.

A better choice is tender little shrimp served in a sauce of strong olive oil and a blizzard of minced garlic.

Grilled octopus ($6.95) is frequently a special, tender in its sauce of olive oil, vinegar and oregano.

It was inaccurately touted as having a special sauce of shallots, garlic, parsley and olive oil.

The waiter suggested a simple sauce of olive oil, herbs and garlic.

Seafood ravioli is sublime, too, in a sauce of garlicky broccoli, olive oil and white wine.