Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style

by Mario Batali

Book Overview

With its easy recipes and clear, simple instructions, Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style will be the source for tailgating for NASCAR fans around the country. It features regional favorites and classic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892048468
• ISBN13: 9780892048465
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Great recipes

I bought the book for my husband, turned out to be the best thing I did. He is cooking on the weekends, loves the recipes. They taste great. The book is great even if you are not a Nascar fan. They have recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner even deserts. Quick and easy meals to prepare. Would recommended the book to everyone.

Great Recipes!

I purchased this as a gift for my brother. He is not a NASCAR fan (as I am) but he was looking for a good outdoor grilling cookbook. These receipes are great and for the NASCAR fans there are photos and short stories from the track. In fact, I may end up borrowing this book when I head to the races this year! Overall I would highly recommend this book for anyone looking for great tasting recipes for your backyard barbeque or tailgating at your favorite sporting event.

Love it

Great recipes, we use it for tailgating and backyard entertaining. Can't beat it.

First Class Grilling Recipes. Small glitches. Buy IT!!!

`Mario Tailgates NASCAR Style' is a NASCAR published book by chef extraordinare, Mario Batali. To those who are not foodies and are unaware of cookbooks, chefs, and the Food Network, and who happen to be in this swim simply because of the label `NASCAR', let me reassure you that in his culinary world, Mario Batali is serious mojo. Among chefs, among chefs, he has achieved the equivalent of winning the Nextel cup twice and built up a racing team comparable to that of the Petty or Andretti families. And, the quality of the recipes in this book demonstrates this skill, even if it is poaching on the territory of fellow `Iron Chef', grillmeister Bobby Flay. But, it would seem from the pics and commentary in this book, Mario is a very serious fan of NASCAR and the kind of tailgating practiced by its fans. Mario is such an ardent fan that my suspicions that this book was done entirely for the money are put to rest; however, I do believe that the book is just a bit more slipshod in editing and design than it should have been. For example, in the recipe for `Eggs in Hell', Mario cites his `basic tomato sauce' as an ingredient, yet in this book, there is no recipe for this `basic tomato sauce', which is odd, since the recipe is repeated in every one of his other books. I think this is unfortunate since unlike his other books, this one is likely to be bought by people who do not otherwise buy a lot of cookbooks. The least expensive source for the recipe would probably be to look for it on the Food Network web site (foodnetwork.com) or to get his first book, `Simple Italian Food, Recipes from My Two Villages'). Another slip is that only one of his sons' name is in the index, yet both sons' names (Leo and Benno) appear in the text, each associated with a specific recipe. Yet another slip (pet peeve, actually), is that none of the many pictures have any captions, whether or not the people in the picture are prominent culinary or racing figures, or just members of Mario's extended family. Also, to a veteran cookbook reviewer, I find the presentation of ingredients with many on a single line to be a significant drawback, especially if the book is to be used by a lot of amateur cooks. Having gotten the annoyances out of the way, I feel that this is a superb collection of recipes for its purpose. I am especially pleased with the introductory material on how to equip a tailgating rig, and I recommend you take it to heart. Most important is the need for some kind of refrigeration, especially as many of the recipes in the book uses a really large number of eggs. Fortunately, there are not many seafood dishes, but you will want to keep that raw Italian sausage and ground meat well within the 40-degree safety zone for fresh foods. I also strongly suggest that you carefully read every recipe you plan to make before leaving your home to guarantee that you have all the cookware and ingredients you will need. I am not familiar with a typical NASCAR campout, but I suspect