Pocket Idiot's Guide To Tailgating [Paperback]

David Blend (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Pocket Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: July 15, 2002

Tailgating is defined, by the American Tailgater Website thusly: "To participate in a picnic that is served from the tailgate of a vehicle, as before a sports event." The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Tailgating will be the ultimate and ONLY book you'll need to planning and executing--and attending--a tailgate party. The author will offer excellent advice on the best kinds of barbeque equipment, such as gas grills versus charcoal grills, coolers, and where to go to purchase the best tailgating accessories. He also offers up cooking tips, deciding what best to cook, and discusses the special equipment for battling the elements (shades, tarps, space heaters). More importantly, the book will also feature invaluable tips on perhaps the most important element of tailgating: drinking. We'll show you how to mooch beer from other peoples' kegs (and keeping fellow moochers away from yours), how best to tap a keg, how to keep a keg from going flat, and how to hoist a keg without ruining your back. Additionally, the book will feature a crucial section on hangover prevention and cures, with science backed by a prominent expert on the study of hangovers, Dr. Jeffrey Weise, of Tulane University. All of this, plus much, much more, will be cram-packed into 192 fun-filled and informative book pages.

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About the Author

David Blend is a New York based writer who has written for such magazines as Maxim, Details, Stuff, Men's Journal, and Mademoiselle. He edited Maxim's popular book, "The Handbook of Seduction" though, he says, "I haven't quite succeeded in practically implementing." He also wrote the popular "Cocktail Hour," a weekly column for the Dallas-based Met Magazine. This is Mr. Blend's second book. He cannot promise it will be his last.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 1st edition (July 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028644018
• ISBN-13: 978-0028644011
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,682,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #43 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Outdoor Cooking > Tailgating

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BBQing, A Way of Life, August 31, 2003

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Maya B. Champion (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocket Idiot's Guide To Tailgating (Paperback)

Dave Blend is a master writer. Funny, side-splitting and a hell of a guy, Dave makes me want to pack it up and move back home to Texas with his savory words about yummy BBQ! I can tell you that his book has also pleased many Alabamians. They take their tailgating mighty seriously down there, and his book has entertained my family and their friends. He has successfully pulled together the South and the Lone Star State into BBQ solidarity. We need to all go in on an RV, grab a little Salt Lick sauce, and watch some football. Thanks for this tome to BBQ and inspiring me to watch more Crimson Tide (and of course my Longhorns). If one can get me to watch football and like it... then that ONE is a great writer who should be showered with publishers, wanting all his novels.

3.0 out of 5 stars okay...but I wanted more, April 25, 2004

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SEC Fan (Baton Rouge, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocket Idiot's Guide To Tailgating (Paperback)

If you want a feel for bigtime tailgating try "A Tailgater's Guide To SEC Football" by Chris Warner. It rocks! (only if you love the SEC like I do!)

5.0 out of 5 stars Might I interject?, September 12, 2002

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"patrickbarta" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pocket Idiot's Guide To Tailgating (Paperback)

Forgive me for interjecting here; I, too, am familiar with the author's work. Likewise, I have followed the reviews of Tim Rogers and Adam McGill (see below) for some time; without exception, I have found them to be elegant and insightful, if not a bit over-reliant on the semi-colon. But I must take exception to Mr. McGill's continued fixation on Mr. Blend's hair; aside from poor form, it's also embarrassing. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting Mr. McGill, he is a bit of a worm; he also remains an ardent advocate of globalization and the "new humanism." Making matters worse, at no time in his review does he actually engage the content of Mr. Blend's latest book, in particular its controversial analysis of the drip-free grill. A glaring oversight; no doubt, one he now regrets.