Canned tomatoes are a handy, versatile shortcut for easy, affordable, year-round access to an ingredient that is at its peak for only a small portion of the year.

Whether you're making saffron-tinged Spanish rice or cumin-scented Mexican rice, this easy recipe will have it on the table ...

Embrace the versatility of whole, peeled tomatoes in sauces, braises and soups. Cookbook author and former "Splendid Table" host Lynne Rossetto Kasper recommends roasting them with olive oil ...

½ medium white OR yellow onion, halved 3 medium garlic cloves, smashed and peeled 2 jalapeño chilies, 1 stemmed, halved and seeded, 1 stemmed, seeded and thinly sliced 14½-ounce can diced fire ...

Whole peeled, crushed, puréed or paste? There’s a time and a place for each. By Tanya Sichynsky What a gift it would be to bottle up summer and enjoy it in the thick of February. Plenty have ...

Whole peeled tomatoes . Whole peeled tomatoes are the closest thing you’ll get to fresh tomatoes. They’re also the most versatile, as you can crush and season them yourself.

Canned tomatoes will never inspire the rapture that a plump, fresh-from-the-garden beauty can. But it's winter, and the artificially ripened numbers in the supermarket aren't bringing us much joy ...