Matt’s Big Breakfast (and BLTs)

There is a very small but very popular breakfast joint located on an unassuming corner just north of downtown Phoenix called Matt’s Big Breakfast.   Matt’s is not the kind of place you would just stumble upon. There is nothing else around that would give you reason to drive down

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Fake-O Bac-O

I know this isn’t surprising, but did you know Betty Crocker Bac-O Bits and Chips are made completely of soy and contain no animal products? They are even certified kosher. I personally don’t like the taste of Bac-O Bits, but it just never ceases to amaze me how there are

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Bobby Flay's Mac and Cheese Carbonara

On a recent episode of Throwdown, Bobby Flay goes up against America’s Queen of Macaroni and Cheese, Delilah Winder. Bobby’s Mac and Cheese had pancetta in it…and naturally it won. For Delilah’s recipe, click here. Also, she recently published a book about Southern cooking.

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Bacon Unwrapped in your inbox

Sometime in the near future, I plan to debut a Bacon Unwrapped newsletter that will be delivered via email. If you want to be on the list, sign up using the form on the right side of this page.

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Petit Verdot isn’t Bitch, but it’s good with BBQ

I’m in Idaho visiting family for Labor Day weekend, and Saturday afternoon we went across the street to my uncle’s house to grill some hamburgers for lunch. We also had fresh corn on the cob and peach cobbler made from peaches that were purchased at the local produce stand.  

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Caramelized Bacon at Brick 29

I spent the first 18 years of my life in a sagebrush desert town called Nampa in Southwest Idaho. Like many towns in the West, Nampa has experienced unprecedented growth in the last 15 years. Today, Nampa’s population is over 80,000, up from 40,000 residents just a couple decades ago.

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Carnivore Cocktails

In my recent interview with Cork and Knife, I mentioned a bacon martini that is being served at the Double Down Saloon in Las Vegas. Chow.com recently published an article about this bacon blessed concoction. Click here to read the article.

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Bacon in Bon Appetit Magazine (09/07)

In the September issue of Bon Appetit… The editors recently produced a special for the Food Network that highlights America’s three best restaurants in the categories of pizza, steak, tacos, hamburgers, fried chicken, and ribs. One of the steakhouse finalists is Peter Luger’s in Brooklyn, which is also known for

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