I recently recorded an interview with the Mystery Meet Podcast hosted by Seth Resler to talk about the dining scene in Phoenix. In addition to talking about all the great new restaurants that have opened in Central Phoenix in the past several years, we also discussed the trend of chefs working more closely with local farmers and food producers to build and support our local food economy. Not surprisingly, bacon was also a consistent theme throughout the interview and one of many reasons why I recommend Beckett’s Table as a not-to-miss restaurant in Phoenix. Click here to listen!

I spent the last couple days filming a mini-documentary about bacon at locations around Phoenix. As part of the story, we sampled Chocolate Dipped Bacon S’mores from Beckett’s Table. Such a tough assignment…

Bone-In Pork Belly (the only one served in Arizona) at Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails in Phoenix.

Pork belly sliders with kim chi and peanuts on King’s Hawaiian bread at Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails in Phoenix.

Burger, bacon, peanut butter, grape jelly, sriracha on a bun from the Luncha Libre food truck in Phoenix. Holy shit AWESOME. Elvis Lives.

The Elvis at the Pig and Pickle in Scottsdale, Arizona: peanut butter cheesecake, strawberry jam, cinnamon toast, banana, bacon.

For those times when you need to rinse the taste of bacon from your mouth…with bacon.

Think the bacon trend is dead? Think again. I share my list of five Phoenix restaurants that are using the salty strips to feed our breakfast meat addiction and keep us coming back for more via Bite {the magazine}.

Photo by Mark Lipczynski. Be sure to check out the slideshow with the article, the photos are gorgeous!

BLTA and Bacon Bloody Mary at Bacon Restaurant in Boise. More B, please.