Month: October 2012

Deviled egg dip topped with bacon and gorgonzola and served with potato chips at Windsor in Phoenix.

A Short Leash Hot Dogs creation that combines a chicken dog, butternut squash, ricotta cheese, sage and bacon on naan bread. I planned the rest of my meals today around this.

After a Monday evening wine tasting tour in Old Town Cottonwood, Arizona, this breakfast sandwich of red chile glazed bacon, egg, tomato and cheese from Crema Cafe is the perfect Tuesday morning hangover cure. Not that I would know from experience or anything…

Without bacon, this is just another cupcake. With bacon, it’s the king of cupcakes. Behold “The Butcher” at Moustache Baked Goods in Healdsburg, California. Thanks to my bacon correspondent, Eric O’Keefe, for sending this in!

Tracy Dempsey was one of the pioneers – and is still one of the best – in this confectionery category. Get your bacon brittle fix at smeeks in Phoenix, or order through her website.

I Heart Bacon ice cream from Sweet Republic in Scottsdale, Arizona. Real chunks of bacon mixed with vanilla ice cream and caramel.

Chocolate covered bacon s’mores, for the win (at Beckett’s Table in Phoenix).

Charcuterie, osso buco, bacon biscuits, and BBQ beans with bacon at Beckett’s Table. Next up: Pork Coma.

The date has been set for the 2013 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines! The last time I attended this event was in 2009; I look forward to returning to this celebration of all things bacon and to show my support for the Icelandic bacon refugees. On February 9, […]