"Super Bowl XLII" news and stories

In honor of the victorious New York Giants, we're featuring the image of a cupcake devoted to them. This image comes to us from Clever Cupcakes, a Flickr user and baker out of Montreal. These puppies are chocolate cake with a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup in the center. They are topped with Vanilla Buttercream grass and a fondant logo. Tasty and sporty!

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Today is the final day in our Super Bowl Week series. So far, we've featured dips and appetizers, main dishes, healthy snacks and sweet treats. Today, we're going with a twist on the idea and focusing on foods you eat out of a bowl in honor of Sunday's big game. In order to find an appropriate picture to feature today, I went searching around our Flickr group (you should wander on over and join the group) looking for things that talked about bowls. And I think I found something of a winner with this image.

Taken by Loua, this gorgeous bowl of potato salad begs to be spooned out into smaller bowls and devoured. I tend to think of potato salad as a summer dish, but the necessary ingredients are available all year round and would make a really tasty addition to your Super Bowl buffet (especially if you add some torn basil leaves like Loua did).

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Growing up in Portland, OR, there wasn't much in the way of street food available around the city. Sure, there were a select few carts located directly around the big downtown office buildings, but they had very limited hours and were spottily placed. One of the things I looked forward to experiencing each summer, during our annual trip to Philadelphia to visit family, was the all the food carts on the street. They scented the air, lending the aroma of hot dogs, pickle relish and frying beef to the air in their direct proximity.

I'm currently in New York right now, attending a conference and hanging out a bit with some family. When I was getting ready to leave her house this morning, my cousin Betsy asked me where I was going. When I gave her the address, she seemed to shuffle through an index file stored in the back of her brain. Then she said, "There's a terrific Halal food cart on 53rd Street, right off 6th Avenue, with great, cheap food." I was a little boggled at her ability to pinpoint a food cart in a city the size of New York, but as she's lived here for the last 30+ years, I believed that she knew of what she spoke.

Today is our day for sweet Super Bowl treats and there's nothing like a cupcake for it's finger-friendly, eyes-elsewhere eating. I first came across The Artful Cupcake by Marcianne Miller more than two years ago, when some friends and I were preparing to make 200 cupcakes for a friend's wedding. We turned to this book for decorating tips and tricks, and managed to pull together some really gorgeous desserts for her big day.

While the Super Bowl isn't a wedding, and you don't need to get quite as fancy for desserts that are going to be eaten in front of the television, it might be fun to trick out your classic cupcake with some nice topping or unusual frosting. If that's your game, then this book is a fun resource to have on hand to that end. The images are beautiful and there are 36 inspiring projects from which to choose.

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In the last few days, we've talked about chicken wings and chili, queso and pizzas. However, our food choices have mostly been directed by our own personal likes and dislikes. Over at Ask.com, they've taken a more scientific approach towards Super Bowl food, tallying their search results in order to create a list of the Ten Most Popular Super Bowl Snacks. According to their study, here are most popular foods.

1. Chili
2. Pizza
3. Meatballs
4. Salsa
5. Ribs
6. Spinach dip
7. Wings
8. Guacamole
9. Quesadillas
10. Artichoke dip

Of these foods, what are you planning on serving at your Super Bowl party? (Personally, I'll take any excuse to eat guacamole, which is why I picked Slashfood Flickr pool member You Can Count on Me's picture of it to illustrate this post).

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