Great Party Dips

Dips are the perfect party foods, and this full-color cookbook gives you more than 60 recipes that will add pizzazz to any party—cool dips, hot dips, salsas, spreads, pétés, and even recipes for dessert dips. You'll find recipes for all your favorites, each with a special twist, as well as lots of new and exciting choices like Rockin? Moroccan Salsa, Artichoke-Asiago Dip with Lemon, and Deviled Shrimp with Bacon.

PEGGY FALLON is the author or coauthor of eight cookbooks, including Great Party Fondues, and has contributed to dozens more as a recipe developer, tester, and editor. She currently develops recipes for clients including Dean & DeLuca, Kendall-Jackson Winery, Dacor appliances, Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, and The Barbecue Industry Association, among others. Fallon developed the recipes for Nuts, which was named Best Cookbook of the Year by Food & Wine magazine, and served as recipe consultant for the award-winning Mayo Clinic Williams-Sonoma Cookbook. She has also owned and operated her own catering company and has taught at numerous cooking schools.

ALEXANDRA GRABLEWSKI is a well-known food and beverage photographer whose work has appeared in Gourmet, Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Better Homes and Gardens, and Wine Spectator, as well as in many cookbooks.