Even if you are left with leftovers, most games revolve around the seasonal avocado. Grocers are touting their special prices for this versatile fruit/vegetable with its heart-healthy fats. Not everyone has to turn it into a chip dip of guacamole. The naturally, beautifully colored sliced avocado turns an ordinary platter into a more attractive platter for deli meats or cheeses. Yes, deli somehow wins over the legions of sandwich lovers, and dips of all types manage to fill the groaning board.

You would think this would be an impossible food celebration without wings. For over a week now, every bar and grocer has been promoting prepared wings and wings to prepare. Don’t forget the sauces as those who like milder wings will attest, they prefer to dip the wings into some condiment combination.

The other food that begs big bowl mastery is chili. This is the time of year chili cook-offs win over new legions of followers from the bean-no bean turf wars to the vegan aficionados.

The food safety people have even gotten into the act making certain you remember about temperature and storage.

However you approach the weekend, remember this football maxim: The game takes forever. Food has to last into overtime.

What about the universe that watches but at no other time in the year pays any attention to football? Told you it was sacrilege. They give a passing glance to the game but are there for the other integral parts of a Super Bowl matchup:

• the who’s who of big name celebrities
• the back stories like did you know his brother…
• the food–any self respecting Super Bowl football watcher has plenty of the good stuff–the wings, the guac, the dips, and the desserts–parteee
• the half-time show–especially this year, with 12 minutes of  Bruce
• and, of course, the commercials

How can you even think of going to the office tomorrow or even talking to anyone tomorrow without some idea of the best commercials? What about the terrible ones? Can you believe they hired an agency to do that?

Super Bowl numbers are always impressive. The number of people who attend the game, throw a party, or just hole up and watch it. I personally think we should count the number of people who love the Super Bowl so they can have an evening of appetizers without anyone telling them they need to eat healthier.

Told you, sacrilege, but I did get to see the 100-yard interception return, which no matter which team wins,  was quite an impressive display of footwork.

All in all, it was a good game. The food was great, the commercials were pretty good considering everyone was in a stew about how could companies spend money on something so frivolous during these hard economic times. Me, my favorite, the 7-layer dip, even though there are lots of variations, the concept’s a winner. You can’t go wrong, get creative, but make 7 layers!

Who knew!