Abstract: A food handling spatula-tongs which provides a means of picking up food and expressing excess oil or fat from the food prior to serving. The spatula-tongs are comprised of a pair of pivotally connected members with flat food compressing members mounted to one end of each of the pair of pivotally connected members. Each of the food compressing members is provided with apertures which are not aligned with apertures in the other compressing member. Both rectangular and pie (triangular) shaped compressing members are utilized to adapt the tongs maximally to various types of foods, including pizza pie. The compressing plates may be interchangeably and removably mounted to the tongs. The upper plate is pivotally mounted to the tongs to provide maximum compressing force for various types of foods.