Tailgate!

While our step-by-step guide to constructing your very own snack stadium may be comprehensive, we figured a speedy time-lapse video set to appropriately comical music couldn't hurt in the clarification department. Now don't try to build yours at the same speed or you will definitely pull a hammy and that'll be the end of your snack stadium-crafting career. Check out the magic, right here.

The nice folks from Portlandia pickle it, and the nice folks from Food Republic deep-fry it. Realistically there's nothing we won't batter and fry, so when we heard that the mythical deep-fried Coke recipe had been published by cookbook author/photographer team Denise Gee and Robert Peacock, we jumped right on it. Ready to pop until you can't stop? 

Sorry Super Bowl Champion Giants fans, you will not be repeating. Sorry Chicago Bears fans, you are sitting on the sidelines this weekend. Sorry Jacksonville Jaguars fans, you are sitting on the sidelines for the next decade. We’re talking about the NFL playoffs, which begin this weekend and run until the Super Bowl on February 3^rd. We’re sure some of you are planning to watch these athletic contests, hopefully with a solid craft beer in one hand and a tortilla chip covered with something involving cheese in the other hand. Here are ten recipes to bring to the party.