It’s no accident that my
awesome league of recipe testers are now reporting back to me with their
thoughts on the “Couch Potato Fan Food” section of my new book. Glancing over
the list right now is whetting my appetite for the big game this weekend. The
Superbowl XLVII is back in New Orleans this year, with the Baltimore Ravens and
San Francisco 49ers facing off at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. If I
could be there in person, it’d be sweet for sure, but it would also severely limit
my choices in terms of what I can eat. With my kitchen less than a yard behind
me, I can make a touch down with a wide variety of gnosh platters that offer
everything from wings to quesadillas. You don’t have to be at work on a
cookbook to get inspired—you just have to look around!
It’s a tasty time to web
surf right now, because anyone who’s a sports fan and a foodie and loves to
write about it, has been publishing mouthwatering collages (compliments of a
new social media outlet called Photoshake) that shows you the range of spicy
shredded pork, sliders and creamy ranch and blue cheese dipping sauces that’ll
make us a little more light hearted about Lipitor commercials between plays.
My point is, is there
anything better than combining game watching with gnoshing? I think not.
The list of nail biting
nibbles and crowd pleasers I’ll have on tap are all about spicy sauces, beef
and beans, blackened shrimp and hot garlicky wings; it’s fun to think that some
of what I’ve served at Superbowl parties in the past are an homage to the kinds
of food the players’ hometowns are famous for. Take last year when I made my
famous crab cakes. Chances are they’d remind a Baltimore Raven about the famed
crab cakes that the historic dive bar, “Swallow at the Hallow” has been serving
for over 50 years near Towson State.
Yes sir, where the players
come from and where they are meeting up bring in many different flavors—you
could say that the Spicy Black Bean and Rice Salad I’m perfecting this month
add new meaning to the idea of a San Francisco treat. It’s almost a shame to be
sidelined on the living room couch at kick-off this year, because if I had
tickets and were watching it live in the Big Easy this season, you better
believe I’d be sampling my share of King Cake and Craw Fish. I’d probably be
too full to notice one way or another if Beyonce is going to actually sing at
half-time or start another Lip-Gate.
Suberbowl
Sunday is “The Sunday Best” of all game watching Sundays!
Hopefully, my guests at
this year’s Superbowl party will be too happy with my buffet table to notice the half-time entertainment on TV.
Let me offer you links to my greatest hits at Superbowl parties of old (my Crab Cakes and Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps) and invite you to post your links and comments
about the kinds of foods you'll enjoy this go around. I’m sure whatever you eat,
it'll be a real winner!
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