Dips & Spreads

While training at the Los Angeles Culinary Institute, Anna Zepaltas learned that French cooking doesn’t have to be in...

Anna Zepaltas reserves powerful, complex-tasting red salsas for beef, pork, lamb or hearty mushroom tamales. Slidesh...

Beets have a strong presence in the cuisine of almost every ethnic group in Jerusalem, Yotam Ottolenghi explains. The...

Minneapolis chef Sameh Wadi offers several variations on hummus at his modern Mediterranean restaurant, Saffron. One ...

This spread gets a triple hit of smoky flavor from grilled eggplant, ancho chiles and smoked Spanish paprika. It's de...

Crab imperial is a classic Maryland dish made with blue crab bound in a mayonnaise-based sauce. In place of the mayo,...

This warm, sweet-spicy goat cheese dip is an easy alternative to a cheese plate.

This deliciously nutty Japanese dip uses only four ingredients and takes 15 minutes to make.

A little bit of garlic, lime zest and olive oil transforms canned hearts of palm into a luscious, low-fat dip.

Almond butter is easy to find in stores, but making it with smoked almonds in the food processor is crazy easy, and t...

“Kids like hummus,” says Alice Waters, “and they like to make the little flatbreads and heat them like tortillas; the...

This ingenious, briny sauce couldn’t be simpler: Chef René Redzepi purees raw oysters with a little of their liq...

The taste of the Mediterranean shines through in this airy feta spread that's served with olive oil–marinated cucumbe...

Although garlic is available year-round, fresh summer garlic has large cloves that are especially sweet and juicy. To...

Sautéed shallots and feta cheese flavor this simple spread, which is a delicious hors d'oeuvre at any time of ye...