Photograph from Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking by Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook. Photography copyright ©2015 by Michael Persico. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
When it comes to hummus, you don’t ever want to spoon some off onto your plate. That’s a bit strange. You should use the bowl as the vessel to eat it and make sure to wipe, not to dip whatever unnecessary food is accompanying your hummus.
Michael Solomonov has written about how to properly “wipe” your hummus on MUNCHIES. Read the whole article here.