Help For the Holidays #6: A Great Gift For Lovers of Food and Football

I love cookbooks (which is funny because I don’t cook). So when I hear about a cookbook that combines recipes with the NFL, I’m on board. And if you have a foodie who’s an NFL fan, they will be too…

“The Sunday Night Football Cookbook” is a collection of 150 recipes from chefs and NFL players ranging from chili to duck confit.

Each of the NFL cities is represented by one of their most famous chefs, including Bobby Flay (New York) and Emeril LaGasse (New Orleans). Several players also contribute recipes including Hines Ward and my guy T.J. Houshmanzadeh. And even the “Football Night in America”/“Sunday Night Football” gang gets in on the act (And yes, Cris Collinsworth’s dish will be the first one I attempt.).

But to keep this one from being just an ordinary cookbook, each recipe is matched with its team and we get a fun team fact along with each recipe (Did you know the Cardinals are the oldest continuously run professional football team?). The recipes/teams are divided into regions with a special Super Bowl party section at the end.

But maybe the best thing about the cookbook is that proceeds from its sale will support food banks across the country through Taste of the NFL and Feeding America.

If you have a budding chef in your family who also loves the NFL there could not be a better gift this year.

And if you need someone to sample the dishes once you make them, you know how to get a hold of me…

“The Sunday Night Football Cookbook” (SRP $27.95) is available now…

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