We hosted a potluck and about half the guests were foodies, so it was a delicious as well as fun afternoon.
I made/served:
Nibbles
Ina Garten’s caviar dip with ruffled potato chips (I double the sour cream and add chives)
Relish tray - beet-pickled hard-boiled eggs, sweet and dill baby pickles, spicy pickled green beans, pickled okra, pickled beets, and pickled peppadew peppers with garlic cheese. (I just realized I forgot to serve an entire platter with Castelvetrano olives, marinated artichoke hearts, and olives. Whoops.)
Crudités and pretzel thins with parmesan-peppercorn dip
Grissini, salami, and prosciutto
Homemade Chex mix, Old Bay peanuts, spicy cashews, and shelled pistachios
Port wine cheese spread with almonds and assorted crackers
Friends brought a cheese platter with fruit and a Caprese “tree”
Mains
CI’s holiday scalloped potatoes with way more/different cheeses and herbs
Samin Nosrat’s Butternut Squash agridulce
Baked ham with maple-mustard glaze
Cranberry-apple-orange sauce
Rhodes rolls and Plugra
Friends brought: a side of slow-roasted salmon with lemon, dill, and herbed yogurt sauce, baked mac 'n cheese, sauteed kale, roasted Brussels sprouts, broccoli salad, Italian stuffed squid, red cabbage, green salad, roasted Delicata squash, and parsnip puree
Dessert
Chocolate Bundt cake (glaze/decorating disaster!)
Friends brought a cookie platter and cheesecake (the latter a squirrel/racoon demolished b/c my husband helpfully stored it on the back deck, second offense 
)
No one had room anyway…desserts and leftovers were packed up and sent home.
Drinks
Open bar
Wines
Kombucha, seltzers, strawberry lemonade, and juice boxes
Friends brought a gin-ginger cocktail with a Lindemann’s framboise float, a spiked hot cocoa dubbed “Santa’s shift drink” by my DH (he’s forgiven for feeding the wildlife), fancy Champagne 
, and lots of beer and additional wine
Hopefully we didn’t just host a super spreader event. 
It’s been a long time since we entertained like this!
