A nice change from pasta in a tomato sauce or Alfredo sauce. Make sure to use a nice flavorful olive oil, not the light kind, which has almost no olive flavor. Spaghetti can be substituted for the fettucini, but I prefer the broader strands. I break fettucini into thirds before dropping in the boiling water to avoid need to twist strands on fork several times. For a lower-sodium alternative, I omit the olives and reduce the parmesan cheese to 1/4 cup. UPDATE: Since first posting this recipe, I've started using a mixture of 1/4 cup parmesan and 1/4 cup romano in place of 1/2 cup parmesan. You could also use just romano cheese if you prefer: go with your personal taste preference.