David Tanis

Are you ever still famished when you get home from a holiday party?Here's an idea for when it's your turn to host: Set out a pile of little sandwiches. They are simple, tasty and substantial. ...

For a moment last week, the weather turned humid and sweltering, spot-on summer weather. Sidewalk cafes were bursting with drinkers and diners. No one was wearing a coat, or much of a shirt. Bare legs ...

You may not think of garlic as a seasonal ingredient, but it is, and the season is now. I am an unabashed garlic lover, and from midsummer forward, I use it in just about everything.This ...

Learn to Make Dhokla, an Irresistible Indian Street-Food SnackIf you are a lover of street food, India is the place to be. Outrageously delicious snacks, of which there are countless thousands, beckon from every corner.One ...

There are many kinds of frozen concoctions to help you navigate the summer heat.There is the Mexican paleta, sold from a cart on the street. It is a bar of frozen juice on a stick, ...

In Greece, the summer produce of choice is the sweet, meaty, sun-ripened red tomato. Tomatoes are eaten daily, usually with not much more adornment than a sprinkling of sea salt and a drizzle of fruity ...

Some eggplants actually do look like eggs - small, white, ovoid. Hence their name in English-speaking North America. Yet most of the world uses other monikers. Over in Britain, they are aubergines (in France, too, ...

You put something edible on a stick, add something to improve the flavor and hold it over a fire. That's cooking, on a primordial level.There are all kinds of cooking sticks. Some are made from ...

I have had a lifelong fling with beans. It all began with green beans "amandine." At our house, fresh-frozen French-cut beans, cooked to the perfect shade of bright green, were heaped with slivered almonds sizzled ...

During late August and early September in New Mexico, the air is filled with the pungent aroma of roasting green chilies. Just the thought of it makes me nostalgic for the years when I lived ...