Everything in this photo is edible…but it’s not bacon. It’s a groom’s cake made to look like a slab of bacon. (photo by debbiedoescakes via Slashfood and Chili Underground)
Dispatches from the Bacon Nation
Bacon Hypnosis
A friend of mine just sent me this photo from the Union Square Farmers’ Market in NYC.
More Pork on a Fork, please
I’ve tried A LOT of different kinds of bacon over the past few years. Most of it has ranged from good to great – because let’s face it, it’s hard to find “bad bacon” – and the better products tend to come from small producers who are focused on quality […]
Bacon Chocolate Conan
In case you missed it the other night, here’s the video clip from the episode of The Tonight Show that featured a bacon chocolate bust of Conan O’Brien built by these people (who you can also find on Twitter). The bacon hair really is awesome. Enjoy.
Only because it’s been awhile…
Sing along! Pork! It’s the meat of kings! It’s made from pig, try it with onion rings. Pork sure goes with everything, cause it’s made from swine, and swine sure tastes fine. Just bring some to the picnic baby, You know you wanna stuff it in my hamper. But please […]
"Build your own" Heirloom BLTs in Napa
There certainly is no shortage of bacon-themed festivals this time of year…the latest one to cross my inbox is the Heirloom BLT’s and Wine Event in Napa next weekend. For three days – August 28 thru 30 – the Hill Family Estate will celebrate wine tomatoes and bacon. Coinciding with […]
Hey Baltimore! There's a beer and bacon festival coming to town on September 19!
If you 1) love bacon and 2) live in Baltimore – or within a reasonable driving distance, then here’s an event you should check out. On Saturday, September 19th from Noon to 4 pm, you can sample over a dozen types of bacon, drink a dozen kinds of beer, and […]
Irish Bacon
I previously wrote about a trip I took to a new pork butcher in Phoenix called The Meat Shop. One of the unique things about this butcher is that they carry Irish bacon. This form of bacon is not like traditional American bacon made from pork belly – instead […]
What Would Brian Boitano Make? Bacon, of course.
Brian Boitano has a new show on the Food Network starting this weekend. I was such a fan of his when I was a child that I had a poster of him on my bedroom wall. So this is very exciting news to me! In one of the […]