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I just made this for Super Bowl and it was a HUGE hit! Aces!! The only sad part, we stuffed up on this too early, then had barely any room for the chili.

As a mayo hater, it was really nice to make a version of the classic artichoke dip without the disgusting M word.

Avocado, seltzer, deep-frying, Mad Men references: I can get behind ALL of this.

WANT.

We've got oodles of recipes on our Super Bowl Menu Planner page. You can't really go wrong with the classics: chili, wings, and guacamole, right?

@juliebugsmama: You can only enter once (per email address) for the entirety of the contest. Good question!

@Nelanka: You don't even have to. You can hit snooze! They serve it until closingtime at 6 p.m. (!!)

I love me a good bread board. Not enough restaurants do them. Also, I tried one of Tiffany's oatmeal cream pies. Watch yourself Little Debbie!

@lemonfair: I believe I know what you're referring to—should be fixed now!

@mandycw: You can order Kodiak Cakes mixes online by the case or, rumor has it they've been spotted at Williams-Sonoma and grocery chains like Ralphs and Vons. Anyone else seen them around?

@sbelle: There's an official passing direction?!

Some passing etiquette from emilypost.com:

You can either hold the platter for the person you are passing to while she takes her food or, if the platter seems easy to hold and serve from, you may simply pass it to the guest next to you once you’ve taken your share. Remember to take a small enough portion so that there’s plenty left for everyone else. When you pass something with a handle, like a gravy boat, pass it with the handle side toward the person you are passing to, so that she can take it easily.

@babs1017: No shame, no shame. It was indeed a toughie. Everyone at SEHQ agrees. (Ed got a 5 out of 8..)

Happy blogiversary, Adam!

@chiffonte and PumpkinBear: As I mentioned in my tiny note at the bottom, I expected some criticism for the gringo-chain slant but part of the goal was to see if the fast-food interpretation was a tasty one and to compare all the biggies. They seem to escape some of the normal fast-food disdain since it's on a more local scale. But, yes, next time I'm home I'll hunt down the more hole-in-the-wallers.