Synopses & Reviews
Eat your hearts out with the king of the parking-lot grillers -- John Madden tells you why tailgating and football are America's favorite activities
America's most popular sports broadcaster and the author of three best-selling books 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. Although John Madden did not invent the tailgate party, he has been an enthusiastic team member at countless such gatherings in his travels to football stadiums across the country. He also has done more than anyone else to celebrate this exuberant American pastime in his weekly television commentaries.
Madden has spent 18 years criss-crossing the country by bus and train. He knows road-food and tailgates as well as he does defensive line strategies. His book includes over 80 recipes for tailgating, sorted by region. All recipes will be easy-to-make and require no special skills or equipment. Each page will include sidebars explaining their regional history, origins, or Madden's humorous observations. This is vintage Madden.