Deviled Eggs

Every Southern hostess has a recipe for deviled eggs in her repertoire, but sometimes she needs to mix things up.

With a dash of caviar topping each egg, everyone can indulge a little.

Start with our recipe for Tailgate Deviled Eggs, and add your favorite SEC team topping just before serving.

If you want to omit the chopped pork, Madelaine suggests adding a drop of liquid smoke to provide a barbecue-like flavor.

These delicious deviled egg recipes are a healthy take on the addictive classic

This irresistible breakfast is a hybrid of an egg salad sandwich and an Egg McMuffin. It combines spicy, pickle-laced egg salad on a toasted English muffin with warm smoky ham and crispy frisée. Slideshow: Best Breakfasts

"I can't have a party without deviled eggs," says Katie Lee, whose cooking often reflects her Southern roots (she was born in West Virginia). Here, she deconstructs the retro hors d'oeuvre, blending hard-boiled eggs with mustard and mayonnaise so it's more like an egg salad that she can spread on toasts. "Simplicity is key," she says. "To me, it's more about tasting the egg than anything else."

How could your deviled eggs get even better? Bacon.

These Southern-inspired deviled eggs say summer fun like nothing else. A picnic-perfect use for leftover fried chicken, these tasty bites are spicy, but not burn-your-mouth spicy. Feel free to increase or decrease the cayenne pepper depending on how much of a kick you like. A sweetness from the chopped pickles, tang from the vinegar and hot sauce, and salty-savory deliciousness from the fried chicken make for a perfectly balanced chicken + eggs-perience. 

What better way to top off a fluffy deviled egg than with shrimp?

Serve this at your next BBQ or make an extra-tasty egg salad sandwich with it.  Slideshow: More Pasta Recipes

Chef Ford Fry uses European techniques and flavors at the neighborhood bistro JCT. His deviled eggs get their terrific flavor from goat cheese, Dijon mustard and cornichons, plus a topping of country ham from Benton's in Madisonville, Tennessee. Plus: More Appetizer Recipes and Tips