"This is where the Cobb Salad comes in. Look at all that stuff in the picture up there. Does that look healthy to you, in the strictest sense? (If the answer is yes, that's fine, but allow me to non-judgmentally suggest that you might not be eating enough vegetables at present.)"

"Is Costco pesto good in any real sense? Would those who Know Pesto consider it worthy of superlative, or even positive appraisal? Frankly, I suspect not...I couldn't say. What I can say is that it's almost certainly better than I could do, even with hours and hours of practice."

"My goal with this week's recipe is to provide you with a basic, easily modified method for nacho making. I've specified particular ingredients for the sake of convenience, but know that pretty much every ingredient in this recipe is fungible, and I encourage experimentation. If you have chips with melted cheese and other stuff on them, you have nachos!"

A good pile is fun, tasty, and vibrant. This week's Gross Football Lunch is absolutely, unashamedly, 100% a pile, but it's also everything a good pile should be. Come along, it's time to reject our snootier impulses and make a pile worthy of praise!