Dips & Spreads

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...

The Provençal dish known as brandade de morue is a great example of how to elevate modest ingredients like salt ...

At Marcie Turney's Indian restaurant, Bindi, she serves raita (a classic yogurt sauce). It's great as a snack...

Balsamic vinegar might seem like an unusual ingredient in Mexican food, but it is common in Baja. This recipe makes m...

Liptauer is a paprika-spiced cheese spread from Hungary that's popular at Austrian heurigers (wine taverns). Usin...

Pumpkin seed oil from southern Austria gives this spread its nutty flavor.

As a dairy-free alternative to creamy dips, the recipe here calls for pureeing sweet peas with scallions, ginger and ...

With its psychedelic color, this hot-pink beet dip is fun to serve with white and pale green vegetables like cauliflo...

With walnuts, mayonnaise, apples and grapes, this recipe is a riff on classic Waldorf salad. Plus: F&W's Appetiz...

This recipe begins with a bowl of creamy ranch dip; spoon half of it into another bowl and doctor it with cooked toma...

Onion dip is an American classic. Instead of the typical box of onion-soup mix, this fresh version features crispy fr...