• Place the smoked salmon in a pile at the center of the serving board.
• Soften the cream cheese at room temperature. Stir diced chives into one of the packages. Place the plain cream cheese and chive cream cheese in separate bowls. Anchor them onto the board.
• Place caviar, capers and pickled onions in separate bowls and arrange them on the board.
• Arrange the sliced cucumbers in various locations on the board.
• Slice the bagels into quarters and arrange them on the board.
• Fill in the negative space with wedges of hardboiled egg and lemon. Garnish with fresh dill.

Pickled Onions

• Thinly slice the onion. Place the slices into a mason jar or heavy duty plastic container. Bring the water, vinegar, sugar and salt to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Once the salt and sugar are dissolved, pour the pickling liquid over the onions. Fill to the top of the container and seal it. Let it sit until it cools to room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.