Yes football season seems an eon away as does tailgating. Yet the season will be here soon enough. With it comes a recipe book that has the yummiest tailgating dishes. Keep in mind that these also work at a barbecue too.
Chef Tim Lopez who created dishes for the Philadelphia Eagles for sixteen yeatr put together Kickoff Kitchen Sixty-Four Game Day Recipes inspired by Every Pro Football Team.(quarto Publishing Group 2025). He has divided the recipes into the eight divisions where the teams stand.The first chapter has a playful picture guide to what home chef's will need in creating recipes.There are pictograms of blenders and even toothpicks. There is some great advice about not combining both hot and cold dishes along with how to cook with cleanliness when dealing with tailgating cooking. Home chefs should bring both thermal bags for keeping foods hot and bags of ice for keeping cold ingredients frosty.what is good about all of these recipes is that they would fit right in a backyard barbecue. Tailgating foods are not just hot dogs and hamburgers. Chef. Lopez takes into consideration the local ingredients and culinary traditions of the teams ' home cities.The Miami Dolphins has a mini Cuban sandwich which has roasted pork and ham. Also there are extra points section that offer good tips about the ingredients or cooking process. The back of the book has interesting tidbits about the teams such as their mascots ,when they were first formed and hometomwn fun fact
The recipes are perfect for any cook out and party too.Being from Northern New Jersey I love the recipe for the NY Giants disco fries this is a big plate of crispy fries smothered in a homemade beef stock based gravy rife with onions, celery and carrots. Mozzarella is melted on top of all this. It's definitely going to be a fun weekend dish.Another alluring dish is the roast beef on weck sandwiches celebrating the Buffalo Bills. This is Buffalo's much beloved sandwich with a large pie of roast beef on a flavorful kummelweck roll with a slick of a horseradish and mayo spread on it. Tailgating food doesn't have to be all beef. Chef Lopez shines a light on the Atlanta Falcons with a tasty shrimp and cheesy grits bowl.It's shrimp cooked with bacon and paprika along with other spices and ladled on the grits redolent with cheddar. Then there's the Cincinnati Bengals Skyline chili,a fiery and spicy chili that's served over spaghetti with a sprinkling of shredded cheddar on top. This is the perfect meal for a chilly autumn night. Yes there are hot dogs here There are Sonoran dogs full of veggies that celebrate the Arizona cardinals.and Coney dogs from Detroit .This last is a chili dog with cheese.
Tailgate season will soon be upon us. Use the fun and filling recipes of Kickoff Kitchen for your menu.everyone will love their teams and even the opposing ones favorite bites.
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