Big Dips

Pair your breads, crackers, chips, and crudités with crowd-pleasing bowls of easy-to-make dips, spreads, and sauces. When you’re serving party nibbles, there’s always room for another appetizer. Whip up some Pumpkin Pepita Hummus to add a dash of color and flavor to a harvest-themed gathering or put out a bowl of Cheesy Pub Dip to get those football fans cheering. These dips can even add a zesty twist to your next meal: try Watermelon Cucumber Salsa as a topping for salad on a hot summer day or drop a scoop of Cilantro Peanut Pesto into your stir-fry to take it to the next level. These flavorful recipes require little to no cooking and will delight any palate.

Alyse Whitney has been a Dip Queen for decades, making the writer, editor, Cosmopolitan food columnist, and TV host the perfect diplomat for this first-of-its-kind cookbook. Big Dip Energyoffers endless fun and easy ways to both entertain and enjoy solo with creative dips and dippers. Dip is the world’s universal love language, and dipficionada Alyse is here to teach you how to be fluent in Big Dip Energy. In this personality-filled, outrageously fun book, she shares her MVDs (most valuable dips and dippers), tips for dipceptively easy entertaining, and styling inspiration for the best #DipPics. Dip can turn any moment into a party, and helps turn strangers into friends as they gather ’round the bowl and dip into her twists on classics and innovative transformations of popular dishes to dips. There’s a diptionary to help break down the basics, and suggested modipfications offer alternatives to satisfy vegans, vegetarians, and gluten-free dip fanatics. Plus, almost every recipe in the book is a one-pan wonder and takes less than 45 minutes from start to finish, including: Caesar Salad Dip, with romaine lettuce in the dip and as the dipper Death Breath Dip, a slow-roasted allium dip in mint condition Crab Rangoon Dip, with Rainbow Dumpling Chips or Wonton Lil’ Scoopz This Dip Is Bananas, a combination of banana bread, banana pudding, and bananas foster with an innovative dipssert technique Chopped Cheese(burger) Queso, a loaded cheesy dip inspired by the NYC bodega-favorite sandwich—complete with Hoagie Toasts! Drive-Thru Taco 7-Layer Dip, an homage to Alyse’s love of Taco Bell Saag Paneer Artichoke Dip, filled with warm spices and perfectly paired with crispy paneer “dipsticks” Pizza Your Way Dip in a Garlic Knot Wreath, with white and red sauce versions And much more! Leave the party planning up to Big Dip Energy and get inspired to dip into the world of the undipfeated champion of party food.

The James Beard Award–winning author of Roots and Salmon offers more than fifty original recipes for fun, festive dips and chips. Diane Morgan—the diva of dips and champion of chips—has created more than fifty recipes for everyone’s dipping and dunking party favorites. Guests will make a beeline for lip-buzzing salsas scooped up with crispy tortilla triangles. Onion dip made from scratch is even better with homemade potato chips. And how about crunchy Parmesan Breadsticks for dunking into a butternut squash with creme fraiche? Simple “Dip Do-Aheads” make prep work a snap, while dip tips and easy chip-making techniques make it easier—and tastier—than the typical store-bought alternatives. Let the party begin with Delicious Dips!

Everyone loves to "chip and dip." Featuring more than 50 recipes from light and healthy snacks to rich and creamy recipes for sharing, here you’ll find a dip for every taste and occasion. Sociable and relaxed party food; indulgent TV night grazing or a healthier alternative to high-fat salty snacks, dips continue to be enduringly popular. Whether made from beans, nuts, and seeds; vegetables, fruit and herbs; fish and meat; or yogurt and cheese, the possibilities for color, texture, and flavor are endless. Make your own familiar classics from fresh ingredients and taste Guacamole, Hummus, and Creamy Blue Cheese dips as you’ve never tasted them before. Discover fresh flavors with Cannellini & Artichoke Dip with Olive and Fennel-seed Grissini; Avocado, Olive, and Anchovy Dip; Eggplant and Tahini; Cream Cheese, Walnut, and Celery and Jerusalem Hummus with Toasted Pine Nuts and Mango, Kiwi, and Cilantro Salsa. Try rich and creamy American style hot dips include Buffalo Chicken Wing, Maryland Crab Dip, or the indulgent Hot Philly Steak Dip. Whether served with hot toasted pitta bread strips, seeded grissini, crisp tortillas, or crunchy vegetable sticks, there is a dipper to suit every dip and serving suggestions and pairings are also included here. Armed with these deliciously easy recipes there is no excuse not to get scooping.