Allen Susser

A chilled soup with a taste of the tropics; start making it one day ahead.

Caribbean ingredients make these beautiful little tarts something special.

Here's a very simple salad that's loaded with Southeast Asian flavor.

Mangoes are used two ways in this Indian dish — grilled with the chicken and tossed into rice.

The famous coffee flavors both the brownies and their ganache topping. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is prized for its bold, clean flavor, but good espresso beans and strong brewed espresso work well, too.

This is an intriguing mix of sweet and savory. Sharp white cheddar is a good substitute for Manchego cheese.

Ripe passion fruits look dry and very wrinkled. If you can't find them, look for frozen pulp at Latin markets.

The all-American soda fountain classic gets a fabulous tropical makeover.

Allen Susser is the man behind Chef Allen's, a favorite special-occasion restaurant near Miami. (He is also a cookbook author, has his own line of sauces, puts out a newsletter and has a Web site—www.chefallen.com.) Calling his food New World Cuisine, Susser uses an international repertoire of cooking techniques to prepare dishes with the best local ingredients. His focus on simple but powerful flavors shows in this dish.