Avoid Food-Related Faux Pas at Parties.

Holiday and football watching party seasons have arrived, a time to spread cheer, root on your teams--and potentially permanently damage your reputation. Sixty-one percent of Americans report that they have committed a food-related faux pas at a party, according to a survey by Wakefield Research for Lundberg Family Farms, a producer of organic rice, rice products, and U.S.-grown quinoa.

Tailgates are, as a rule, laxer than office parties or holiday soirees, but they also come with their own unique set of potential gaffes, and the top one is 'Two Dips, and You're Out." Forty-eight percent of respondents indicate that double-dipping--36% admit to doing so--is more likely to get them crossed off an invite list than forgetting the host's name, while 25% say bringing a bag of...