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For the first time ever, the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day make up a double-header holiday. When the NFL added a game to the 2021-22 schedu [View in browser]( [Bloomberg]( For the first time ever, [the Super Bowl]( and [Valentine’s Day]( make up a double-header holiday. When the NFL added a game to the 2021-22 schedule, it pushed [the biggest day in football]( back a week. That presents an opportunity—or challenge—for everyone who anticipates that Feb. 14 will be a day of recovery after [too much dip]( and [too many nachos]( the night before. Consider, then, an easy-to-make recipe that is as good a Valentine’s Day treat as it is a big-game snack, and one that sends a more heartfelt message than a box of chocolate. Here to save the day(s): [A white chocolate chip pretzel cookie](. Say “romance” with some sprinkles. Photographer: Kate Krader/Bloomberg It’s a specialty at Maman, the excellent French-accented, New York City-based bakery chain [whose cookbook]( came out this past fall. In it, the gooey, jumbo-sized pretzel cookies stand out for their simplicity. Into the basic butter cookie dough goes a big handful of roughly chopped mini pretzels—the kind you stock for a Super Bowl party—and white chocolate wafers, which are worth seeking out instead of chips. On top, a whole pretzel garnish looks just like a little heart. [Get the full sweet ’n’ salty and delicious recipe here.]( Sunday Showdown [Your Game Day Snacking Playbook]( Buy the dips. [Nacho Average Nachos]( The most adventurous recipes, from caprese to chicken and waffles. [How to Make the Shaq Dog]( The basketball legend offers a winning recipe from Pink’s. [100 Million Americans Can Legally Bet on the Super Bowl. Sports Will Never Be the Same]( The online betting era is upon us, and it’s going to be wild. [Bengals or Rams? A Quant Crunches the Numbers]( And the winner is ... Who’s Winning the Olympics? From one Big Game to another, Bloomberg News is tracking the results of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, including a schedule of events and the number of medals won by each delegation. [Catch up and keep up here until the games conclude Feb. 20.]( This Week in Bloomberg Businessweek [How to Buy a Vintage Watch Online: The Best and Biggest Retailers]( [‘Invisible’ Kitchens Are No Longer Cool in Hot Real Estate Market]( [Older Whisky Isn’t Always Better. Here’s What You Can Buy Instead]( [Shake Up Your Room’s Generic Geometries With Shaggy Ball Pillows]( [The Luxury in Netflix’s Inventing Anna Is Ill-Gotten, But Still Delicious]( [Help Loved Ones Relax, Recharge With These Valentine’s Day Gifts]( Less Than Epic If last season was the fifth-busiest on record for American resorts, according to the National Ski Areas Association, this year seems to be delivering even greater crowds. Many mountains have done away with Covid-era capacity caps and reservations systems. And ski conglomerate [Vail Resorts]( reported that it sold 2.1 million Epic passes—700,000 more than last year—[ after lowering prices by 20%](. Are your 2022 ski trips a letdown? Here’s why, and what to do about it. Photographer: Michele and Tom Grimm/Alamy Stock Photo That means more people are on mountains at a time when staffing and supply chain issues are snarling almost every facet of operations. The issues are especially pronounced at smaller resorts with limited lifts and parking infrastructure to support the crowds—much less the ability to lure seasonal workers, which are in historically short supply. We’re here to help. [Before your next ski trip, check these strategies for minimizing headaches and maximizing your enjoyment.]( And if you read just one thing... Could you be the King—or the Queen of the hammers? Photographer: Larry Chen/Bloomberg After a [down year in 2021](, more than 80,000 fans cheered on the King of the Hammers off-road races, held Jan. 27-Feb. 5 in the desert outside Los Angeles. In fact, it was the largest-ever attendance since the punishing event started in 2007, with entries among its 527 teams hailing from as far away as Russia, England, New Zealand, and Israel. [See what went down at what insiders call “Mad Max meets Burning Man.”]( Follow Us Like getting the Pursuits newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com for unlimited access]( to trusted, data-driven journalism and gain expert analysis from exclusive subscriber-only newsletters. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Pursuits newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](