ike bread and butter, cream and sugar or salt and pepper, oil and vinegar complement each other perfectly. They are also the central ingredients in vinaigrette dressing, used to liven up salads, marinades and meat and seafood dishes. "A well-rounded vinaigrette can add a lot of taste to greens, hard-boiled eggs and vegetables," says Jean-Francois Plante, author of "Oils and Vinegars" (Firefly Books Ltd., $19.95). "You can vary the basic recipe so easily just by adding a couple of extra ingredients." Which oils and vinegars make the most magic when paired? "Olive oil is the best oil you can use for vinaigrettes," says Plante. "It's flavorful,...
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