John Madden's Ultimate Tailgating

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670880981 ISBN 13: 9780670880980

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1998

The popular sports broadcaster presents a colorful cookbook that offers a collection of easy-to-make dishes that are perfect for all types of tailgating affairs, organized according to region, and highlighted by fun facts. 150,000 first printing.

Review:

It's game day and the parking lot surrounding Green Bay's Lambeau Field is awash in a bouquet of beer-soaked bratwursts sizzling over flames. Outside Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, it's burgers and dogs, and in New Orleans, fragrant blasts of shrimp gumbo bounce off the Superdome. Whichever stadium you visit, you'll find that tailgating is alive, well, and cooking in America. John Madden, an adamant fan of this age-old tradition, helps the cause with his new cookbook, John Madden's Ultimate Tailgating. But be warned: Madden isn't into fancy, white-linen cuisine. These are smash-mouth meals, meant for those willing to drip sauce on their shirts and deal with the heartburn that follows. He starts simple, with recipes like Smoked Prime Rib and Salt-Cured Spit-Roasted Leg of Lamb. Then he ups the ante with Metrodome Horseradish Burgers, Brew Crew Venison Stew, Tabasco Sesame Noodles, and Pork to Taste Like Wild Boar. Each of the 80 stomach-grumbling recipes was subjected to taste tests by hundreds of tailgaters. And if it's good enough for these discerning taste buds, it's good enough for the All-Madden Culinary Team. --Ben Tiffany

From Library Journal:

Popular sports broadcaster Madden blends two of America's favorite subjects?sports and food?in this lighthearted look at feasting off the tailgate.
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