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.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
Sports announcer John Madden has put together over 80 terrific recipes that are perfect for tailgating. Whether it's a college event or an NFL game of the week, you'll find the recipes plus complete information on the ballpark where you plan to dine!

FROM THE PUBLISHER

John Madden's Ultimate Tailgating covers a life of eating in and out of NFL stadiums across the country, sharing the most coveted recipes of the country's most serious tailgaters.

SYNOPSIS

Madden takes a witty and tasteful look at two of America's greatest obsessions -- sports and food -- and how they meet in the purely American phenomenon of the tailgate party. Over 80 recipes sorted by region combine with sidebars explaining regional history and origins, to create a book that is vintage Madden.

FROM THE CRITICS

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.

Library Journal