Bacon Nation News

Bacon Fest in Nampa this Saturday!!!

July 30, 2009

The Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour, presented by Vande Rose Farms, is coming to Nampa, Idaho THIS SATURDAY, August 1 from 11 am to 3 pm. The event will be held at Brick 29. Many residents of the Treasure Valley are familiar with Brick 29’s delicious candied bacon…and if you’ve never

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BLT Cocktail

July 17, 2009

I recently received an email promoting a recipe for a BLT Cocktail created by mixologist Brent Jones of Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado. It’s timely for me to share this with you because Chef Dustan Bristol of Brick 29 in Nampa, Idaho has also been experimenting with making his own

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Bacon Burger Dog

July 7, 2009

An email about this video of Aaron McCargo making a bacon burger dog has been sitting in my inbox for a couple weeks now. I’m kind of regretting that I didn’t watch this before the July 4th weekend because I may have chosen to prepare this as my dish for

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The Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour is coming to Nampa, Idaho!

July 1, 2009

Join us on Saturday, August 1, 2009 in Nampa, Idaho for the next stop on the Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour presented by Vande Rose Farms! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS Presented by: Vande Rose Farms Event hosted by: Brick 29 Sponsored by: Bacon Salt Bakon Vodka The Blue Ribbon Bacon

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Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour Phoenix Recap

June 10, 2009

We all managed to survive the Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour’s stop in Phoenix this past Sunday (although some of us are still recovering…). It was a really great day and there were several dozen super fun people in attendance. Our gracious hosts at Renee’s Grand Tavern threw an amazing party,

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Tomorrow’s story in The Arizona Republic

June 9, 2009

Chewing the fat with Phoenix author of meaty blog, book is an article about me and my book that will appear in tomorrow’s Arizona Republic. In the meantime, click here to read the online version. And no, I did not eat that plate of bacon in the photo – it

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