November 13, 2008 by Marianne

November 13, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon News , Bacon, crochet, scarf, Twinkie Chan

If you’ve never heard of Twinkie Chan, then I urge you to rush right over to Scene 360 and check out the interview with this yarn genius! She is absolutely amazing. Twinkie has a mind-blowing talent for creating food-inspired scarves ranging from cupcakes to green salad to pepperoni pizza. I can honestly say I’ve never been so awe-struck by something crocheted. I won’t attempt to do the interview justice here, you’ll just have to go check it out yourself. If your interest is not yet piqued, check out the bacon & eggs scarf.

You can learn more and buy Twinkie’s goods at TwinkieChan.com, or at her Etsy Shop.

November 6, 2008 by Marianne

November 6, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon News , Bacon, election day

And you thought the race between Obama and McCain was tough. Can you imagine having to choose between Bacon and Fries? Although clearly, the more versatile candidate won. Somehow I just knew Bacon was a Dem.

via lazerdave’s Flickr photostream.

October 23, 2008 by Marianne

October 23, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon News, Bacon Recipes , Bacon, Bodacious Girl, Dave's Cupboard, Foodbuzz, Hungry Mouse, SpiCes, This Man's Kitchen

You’ve no doubt noticed the banner ad for Foodbuzz to the right of our daily postings. They’re a foodie/food blogger community that has sponsored nearly every worthwhile food site in the blogiverse. They recently made their official launch, and we at RBS want to congratulate them! They’ve done great work promoting their featured publishers, and have virtually-hosted some amazing international events. Recently they invited 24 bloggers from around the world to host a meal on the same day and post about it. Each entrant had to come up with a truly unique idea, and they all did a great job. If you’re interested in getting just a snippet of the meals that resulted from this event, go here. If you want more information, you can check out the individual blog entries here.

Anyhow, we’ve had fun being part of this foodie community, and have fallen in love with a lot of bloggers we’ve “met” there. Here are just a few of my favorite bacon ideas from the Foodbuzz gang.

SpiCes Crisp Bacon Muffins. OMG, don’t you want to eat these all day long?

Apple, bacon & brie sandwich from Bodacious Girl. Making bacon look downright healthy!

Cornish game hens with apples and bacon? Yes please, Hungry Mouse!

If you have time for a video, This Man’s Kitchen shows you how to make a deep-fried bacon and cream cheese appetizer that looks so freaking delicious, it will single-handedly make you the most-invited person on the planet come holiday party time. And I can’t forget our good friend Dave, the first acquaintance I made at Foodbuzz and a Zen master in the realm of bacon.

I could go on for hours, but I’ll end here with a salute to the entire Foodbuzz community of bloggers. Thanks for the ideas and the inspiration, and keep ‘em coming!

October 10, 2008 by Marianne

October 10, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon News , Andrew Zimmern, Bacon, Bizarre Foods, Sarah Silverman

I’m about to make a confession of which I am not proud: I love TV. I don’t think I loved TV before TiVo and DVRs, but now, like Depeche Mode, I just can’t get enough. And with the Discovery Channel, Food Network, Comedy Central, Travel Channel, Independent Film Channel, Gilmore Girl re-runs and the NBC Thursday night line-up…well, I get a little light-headed just thinking about it. So I’m a foodaholic who loves TV and bacon. I’m sure some of you are drawing your own conclusions about me even now.

Oh well. This week I saw a couple of prominent bacon features during my favorite shows. First, Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods fame was in Paris and his friend made him Bacon & Eggs ice cream. That sounds gross to me because I don’t want my ice cream to taste like eggs, but the point seemed to be that he started with a custard base instead of just cream and sugar. To make it extra special, he sprinkled uncooked bacon with brown sugar and cooked it in the oven for a nice, candied finish. Once the ice cream was mixed and frozen to a soft-serve consistency, he diced and added the bacon. His friend’s 3-year old thought it was awesome, and that’s all the recommendation I need.

Next, Sarah Silverman, my favorite Queen of the Random and Offensive, noted that “bacon spelled backward is no cab.” This was a totally random comment to her dog, Doug, but for reasons known only to myself, I had already noticed the backward spelling of bacon. And it weirded me out a little that she thought to mention it.

For the record, I like to read, too. Alot. I swear! But unless you’re reading a cookbook, where are you going to run into bacon entertainment like this? Maybe that’s my new project…finding the best literary references to bacon. And there are about a million of you bacon fans out there, so help me out, peeps!

Mission: Literary Bacon. Go!

September 16, 2008 by Marianne

September 16, 2008 • Filed Under: Bacon News , Austin Winters, Bacon, Bacon Boy

Alexa from International Bacon Day wrote to tell me that Austin, the creator of Bacon Boy, is not doing well. As you may have read, Austin has leukemia and recently received a bone marrow transplant to battle the disease. Let’s all keep our hopes high for this brave young artist.

If you feel so inclined, you can go to the Children’s Healing Art Project (CHAP) website and purchase a Bacon Boy T-shirt. The last time I checked their shopping link was having trouble, but you can place an order by emailing info@chap.name. The cost per shirt is $20, they come in red and blue and range in size from children’s small to adult XL. Half of the proceeds go to Austin and his family, and the other half benefit CHAP and its other patients. Let’s jump on this bandwagon and make Bacon a superhero!

Photo courtesy of Sarah Britain of East Oregonian newspaper.