This image is both disturbing and intriguing. I found it on a random vintage poster website (ah…the wonders of StumbleUpon). Courtesy of freetranslation.com, here’s a rough translation: Eat with pleasure and without fatigue Auvergne sausage Absolute food purity The good sausages of the extravagant pig Yeah, eat the […]
Dispatches from the Bacon Nation
Humans taste like bacon
According to a robot in Japan, humans apparently taste like bacon. Maybe cannibals were on to something afterall…
Bacon in paradise
My quest to prove everyone does (or should) love bacon was recently expanded to the animal kingdom. While on vacation in Bora Bora last week, we took advantage of the glass doors in the floor of our overwater bungalow. The purpose of these glass doors is so that guests […]
The Whole Hog
Earlier this week, on a cross country flight, I immersed myself in Bruce Aidell’s ‘ode to the pig’ – the Complete Book of Pork. This book truly is the bible of all things pork. Aidell thoroughly explores the pig as an intelligent animal, a food source for many cultures over […]
Bacon bits experiment
Have you ever wondered how many strips of bacon it takes to make a serving of bacon bits? Thanks to the online publication Cockeyed.com, now we know.
Pork art
Having one of these paintings by Victoria Reynolds hanging above your fireplace mantel would almost certainly create interesting conversation over cocktails with friends.
Bacon biscuit bliss
While traveling in North Carolina this weekend, I stopped in the town of Hickory for lunch. I had hoped to stumble across some hickory smoked bacon while in Hickory, but unfortunately I had no such luck (very disappointing). So instead, I ended up at the Southern chain food restaurant, Bojangles. […]
Microwaveable Pork Rinds
If you work in an office environment, you’re probably familiar with the scent that often drifts through the cube farm around 4 pm in the afternoon…the scent of microwave popcorn. For popcorn lovers, the scent has an addictive effect that often results in additional people popping their own bags, thus […]
Kids, time to play with your food!
If you really love your kids, you’ll get them a strip of bacon for the backyard.