Everyone loves a good dip, but these dips love you back. There's no mayo- and sour cream laden guilt here! These festive, healthful options are a snap to whip up, travel well, and are sure to be the talk of the party. With inspiration from the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Asia, and the Americas, these 45 go-to recipes featuring root veggies, legumes, pulses, and nuts are guaranteed palate and waistline pleasers."
I liked this book. It has lots of different styles and types of dips. Many of which look absolutely delicious. I tried the artichoke tapanade recipe and while it was good, it wasn't as delicious as a regular tapanade.
Another reason I didn't give the book more stars was just about every recipe has garlic and I can't eat garlic. Kinda disappointing. Still lots of idea options if you are looking for new types of spreads.
I tried a few of these, and they turned out well. Enough so that I will be trying all of them. Really good photography by Angie Cao. The dips are broken down into these categories: Legumes and Pulses, Vegetables and Herbs, Olives, Nuts and Seeds, Yogurt and Cheese and Salt and Sea (sea being anchovies, smoked salmon or sardines.) If you entertain to a degree where you are putting out a lot of little sides, this might be worth checking out for a healthy contemporary take on dips.
It is a really short book (46 dip recipes and not a thing more), but somehow I liked it a lot more than I expected to.
I bookmarked at least half the recipes in the book. It is definitely approachable. A lot of the dips can be prepared from a (well-stocked) pantry and in little time and except for a few recipes I thought most brought something new to the table (!).