Schaller & Weber is quickly becoming one of my favorite places in the country to acquire pork products. I visited their store on the Upper East Side during my recent trip to NYC, but while this was my first time visiting their store, it was not my first […]
Dispatches from the Bacon Nation
Baconvision: How It’s Made – Bacon
Check out this “How It’s Made” video about the process for making pre-cooked bacon. Even though I don’t enjoy eating pre-cooked bacon, the video is quite fascinating. I never would have guessed that a metal detector is part of the process…
Bacon Wrapped Big Apple: Ess-a-Bagel
The perennial debate about where to find the best bagel in Manhattan is something that can incite riots, rip families apart, and destroy friendships. OK, maybe it’s not quite that dramatic, but it is indeed a topic that New Yorkers take quite seriously. And as a non-native, I’m hardly an […]
Bacon Nation Unwrapped: March Madness
Recent news from the Bacon Nation… This week seems to be all about contests or events involving bacon. The biggest event of the week was the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Bacon Pants reported live from the event. Yesterday there was a bacon eating contest at […]
Bacon Wrapped Big Apple
Happy National Pig Day! I just spent a day in New York City because of a major bacon-themed project I’m working on that I will tell you more about in the very near future. But in the meantime, to honor National Pig Day, I spent an afternoon touring some […]
Stand by your ham
According to the National Pig Association (NPA) in the UK, the British pig industry is currently facing a crisis. Increases in feed prices caused by rising world wheat prices has many British hog farmers selling their pigs at a loss. But leave it to the British to find a […]
Those rascally kids at Vosges Haut-Chocolat are at it again…
Is the size of Vosges’ Mo’s Bacon Bar the one thing holding you back from treating yourself to this delicious confection? Are you afraid that if you purchase one, you will think it is so delicious that you can’t prevent yourself from eating all 3 ounces in 3 seconds? […]
Tyler Florence hearts bacon
Jennifer from …and the eggs reports from the South Beach Wine and Food Festival: “At Tyler Florence’s cooking demonstration over the weekend, he used bacon in his casino sauce which he poured over oysters and then cooked on the grill. I got a pretty good shot of the bacon […]
Bacon Nation Unwrapped: Degrees of Bacon
Recent news from the Bacon Nation… Tater Tots and Bacon Bloody Marys – good. Crayon wax in your water – bad. The perfect breakfast burrito – good. Chocolate chip pancakes with bacon – brilliant. Sippy straws – functional. Bacon straws – awesome.
