The simplest summer veggie dips

In "Bibi's Gulf Coast Kitchen," columnist Bibi Hutchings takes you on a culinary journey across the coastal south. Come for the great food writing, stay for the delicious recipes.

As much as my body craves salad and cold, easy food in the summer, I inevitably go through a spell where what I make at home just doesn't satisfy. Is is food fatigue? Am I too hot to care?

Thankfully, I have capital-S Science to help me understand what might be behind my dissatisfaction.