Dips & Spreads: 45 Gorgeous and Good-for-You Recipes

Description

We all love hummus, but we want options beyond hummus now. Here are 44 other ideas for everyone who feels that way. A collection of 45 rustic, wholesome dips with a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern accent, made mostly from root vegetables, legumes and pulses, nuts, yogurt, omega 3-rich smoked fish, and other healthful and increasingly popular ingredients that are replacing typical mayo- and sour creambased standards. These dips are special enough to bring to a party and healthful enough to eat as a light dinner. 'Headnotes' will be streamlined for ease, consisting of just a few adjectives to describe the dip, ideas for what to serve as 'dippers,' and make-ahead and storage information (for all those times you make something the night before to bring for an event the next day). Approximately half of the dips have been photographed.

Dawn Yanagihara is a former test-kitchen director, senior editor, and culinary producer for Cook's Illustrated. She currently works as a professional recipe developer/tester, a contributing editor for Cook's Illustrated magazine, and the editor for ansonmills.com. She is the author of Waffles and was the recipe developer/tester for True Blood Drinks & Bites.