Tailgating Recipe: The Diesel Bloody Mary

Tailgating life is easier when your game starts in the midafternoon or later. But an early game shouldn’t be an impediment. That said, while it’s true that it’s always noon somewhere, beer might not be right for some palates in the morning. Justin Haynie, a Falcons fan and owner of the Diesel Filling Station in Atlanta, helps get the day started with the Diesel Bloody Mary.

Tailgating Recipes: Sausage and Cheese Chowder

A Times article this week about the Milwaukee Brewers’ sausage race inspired some of those close to The Quad, The Times’s college sports blog, to demand a sausage-based tailgating recipe in time for this weekend’s games. We’ve already had mouths watering with a bratwurst stew, but it is difficult to turn down a request and, well, you can’t have too much tubular meat at a tailgate party. And thus The Quad presents a sausage and cheese chowder from a Packers fan.

Tailgating Recipes: Buffalo Chicken Wraps

When The Quad, the Times’s college sports blog, put out a call for readers’ recipes for tailgating parties, we honestly didn’t expect much healthy eating. Of course, we’ve been surprised by some of the submissions. What should not have surprised us was that a recipe from a Southern city had an eye on calorie counting. We wouldn’t expect that from Chicago, Green Bay or New York, where fans are pretty well bundled up for most of the season. This week’s recipe is Buffalo chicken lettuce wraps, the spicy wing dish with a few of the calories lopped off. It’s not too late to submit your own recipe for barbecue or chowder, or whatever makes your pregame feast tasty.

Tailgating Recipes: Crab Gumbo

The Quad, the Times’s college sports blog, is running recipes submitted by readers for football tailgating parties. So far this season, we’ve offered up a Brat Stew and a Cheddar, Bacon and Ranch appetizer from college fans. This week, it’s an N.F.L. fan who submitted a southern crab gumbo. It’s not too late to submit your own recipe for barbecue or chowder, or whatever makes your pregame feast tasty.

Tailgating Recipes: Cheddar, Bacon and Ranch Dressing

The Quad, the Times’s college sports blog, is running back recipes submitted by readers for football tailgating parties. Last week we offered up a Brat Stew. This week, it’s Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pulls from an Auburn fan. It’s not too late to submit your own recipe for barbecue or chowder, or whatever makes your pregame feast tasty.

Tailgating Recipe: Brat Stew

The Quad, the Times’s college sports blog, asked readers to submit recipes for football tailgating parties, and the response made us hungry for some football, but mostly just plain hungry. We’ll give you a dish or two to try each week, starting with On Wisconsin Six-Pack Brat Stew.