I Love Bacon 101

Last Saturday, I participated in an “I Love Bacon” cooking class hosted by TasteDC.com and featuring Chef Brian Boots. Chef Boots demonstrated a series of bacon-blessed dishes for the participants, including: Bacon wrapped chicken livers (definitely the overall crowd favorite) Cassoulet Chipotle lime bacon wrapped shrimp Chestnut pancakes with bacon […]

Baked Guanciale

Today I ate the last of my guanciale with some scrambled eggs. Before I mixed the guanciale in with the eggs, I cut it into cubes and baked it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Of all the ways I’ve cooked the guanciale in the last […]

My Adventures with Guanciale Continue…

Tonight I continued to experiment with the guanicale I recently got from a friend (and previously wrote about here).   For dinner I made a variation on a recipe for orecchiette with guanciale and broccoli that I found on the Australian website cuisine.com.au.   Orecchiette is an Italian shell-like pasta. […]

Bacon Nation Unwrapped: Winter-time is Bacon-time

Recent news from the Bacon Nation… Bacon Salt is supporting the troops. Hardee’s debuts Bacon Cheddar Fries. The Pioneer Woman serves up a brilliantly simple holiday appetizer – bacon wrapped club crackers and cheese. Bacon and Bakin’ figures out how to make the perfect Chicken Bacon Skewer. Living Through Food […]

Sweet Cheeks

I’ve had an obession lately with animal cheeks.   Yes, I realize that sounds a bit odd, but I mean it in the “order it as an entree” sense, not the “I want to run up to a pig and squeeze it on the cheeks” sense.   Over the last […]

Peppy for Peppies

Thanks to the Junk Food Blog, I recently stumbled across a German snack food called “Peppies.” Peppies are bacon-flavored puffy wheat snacks. Upon learning about this product, I moseyed over to GermanDeli.com and ordered a bag (and since they have a $25 minimum order policy and a bag of Peppies […]

Bacon Nation Unwrapped: Gearing up for a Bacon Christmas

Recent news from the Bacon Nation… Unfortunately Shaky Bacon Christmas Cards have sold out for this year, but it’s never too early to start planning for next year. Mr. Bacon Pants has some gift ideas for the bacon lover in your life. Bacon cookies are all the rage this holiday […]

Metallica loves bacon. I love Metallica.

I spend a ridiculous amount of time on airplanes going back and forth between DC and Phoenix. Trust me, the whole bi-coastal, jetsetting lifestyle is seriously over-rated. But to pass the time and keep my sanity in check, there are two items I permanently keep in my travel bag – […]

Trader Joe’s Pre-Cooked Bacon

Apparently today is Microwave Oven Day (how is it possible there is a day for celebrating the microwave oven yet there is not a National Bacon Day?!?). Regardless, I celebrated the day by microwaving a few slices of Trader Joe’s pre-cooked bacon.   My palate for bacon really has evolved […]

Bacon in Gourmet Magazine (12/07)

In the December issue of Gourmet Magazine… Al’s Quality Market in Barberton, Ohio uses traditional Eastern European methods for curing pork, including a twice-smoked bacon frosted with garlic and paprika. The new MGM Grand in Detroit hosts a Wolfgang Puck Grille. The seared swordfish with bacon confit and whole-grain mustard […]