Ready to ring in the Olympics?
Your guide for a medal-worthy Olympics viewing party
As the athletes gear up to compete, you can gear up to eat. And drink. And party.
The Tokyo Olympic Games arrive, finally, on Friday — and for the first time in history, there won’t be the swell of spectators in their stands.
No matter. For most of the world, this international athletic event has always been a watch-from-home spectacular. The Daily Break is here to make it even more so.
The opening ceremony starts at 8 p.m. in Tokyo — 7 a.m. Eastern — but NBC will do a special prime-time rebroadcast at 7:30 p.m.
This calls for a party: It’s Friday night. It’s the biggest global festival and comes around only every four years — OK, except for world wars and a pandemic — and one that begs us to imagine world peace, awe at peak athleticism and hanker for foam fingers in 50 different languages.
The Olympic Games, particularly the pageantry and pomp of the opening and closing ceremonies, provide readymade party fare. Friday will be a night for trivia junkies (Where’s Burkina Faso or
Who will be the secret torch bearer?); over-beer debates among coulda-been athletes (Dude, I would kill it in skateboarding!) and running fashion commentary on each country’s ceremonial attire (Is the USA’s fashion motto “Let’s be as boring as possible”?).
We’ve produced a menu of quick and easy finger foods and desserts, an accompanying drink guide and a fun table centerpiece the kids can enjoy pulling together.
Let the Games begin.