To have a really easy party like this one you’ll need…a fruit platter, vegetable platter, deviledeggs (made the day before), bagels, lox, creamcheese, butter, sliced toppings for the bagels, one cake, coffee, cheap champagne and orange juice (for mimosas), lemon water in a pitcher, dried fruit and nuts, chocolates, and paper tableware
I love the BarefootContessa's chicken stock recipe, but even if you're missing a couple ingredients, just throw what you have in a pot with some water and make yourself some stock
Cover the eggswith cold water and bring to a full boil over high heat. Place the yolks in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and arrange the whites on a platter in a single layer with the cut sides up and sprinkle with salt
I originally started making this dip when I saw The BarefootContessa do it years ago and I even posted one incarnation of it here, but that was before I really started taking pictures of the food and I have changed it a bit since then
