Dips and Spreads is a collection of thirty seven different dip and spread recipes, plus an entire bonus chapter of Crackers and More! With such variety, everyone is sure to find a favorite, whether old or new. The bonus chapter will let you make your own crackers, with a variety of options from Homemade Melba toast to traditional saltine or soda crackers. Whether for chips or veggies, hot or cold, dips are part of the array of foods used for both appetizers and snacks. Some are quick and simple, while others are more elaborate and complicated to make. They are great for picnics, movie nights, casual get-togethers with friends, cocktail parties, tailgating, ballgame munchies, and almost any occasion. This book includes a bonus chapter with recipes for crackers and more.
About the Author: Gia Scott was born, just like everyone else, but she also was born to a family that included politicians, used car dealers, and horse traders. Along with that illustrious lineage, she was related to vaudeville performers, horse trainers, cowboys, entrepreneurs, teachers, and preachers. With such diversity surrounding her from childhood, she still managed to grow up and develop a deep love of books. It was only natural that along the way, she would write them too. The Survivors: The Time of Chaos is her first published novel. More will undoubtedly follow. Freak Files: The Unexplained Tales is a collection of stories believed to be true to life. After decades of experimental cooking, much to her family's chagrin (after all, the family is inflicted with the less-than-wonderful versions that never see print!) Gia began writing food articles and a food blog. It was inevitable that cookbooks would follow. This is the eighth cookbook. Previous titles include: All Chocolate-Easy & Economical Recipes Anyone Can Make At Home, 55 Fantastic Fudges, The All American Biscuit, 56+ Marvelous Homemade Mixes, 55 Frightfully Fun Foods, A Home Style Thanksgiving, At Grandma's Stove, The Poverty Perspective Cookbook: Recipes for Rock Bottom Budgets and My Precious Cookbook. Most titles are available in both print and digital editions. Today, after many incarnations along the way, Gia Scott lives in Mississippi with her husband, three dogs, and two cats in a funny little house surrounded by very big and gnarly trees. Having reached that age of privilege, she can often be found in her garden, wearing peculiar clothes and tending her plants. When she can talk her husband into it, they enjoy going for road trips, looking for the elusive town of New Hope. In between road trips and gardening, she manages to fit in an internet radio talk show called the Dawn of Shades, interviewing a variety of people, including other authors, and promoting causes dear to her heart. In addition to all of that, she still maintains blogs on general topics, cooking & food, and camping, emergency preparedness & outdoors activities. She also helps with content for websites.