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Sir Francis Bacon – 1561-1626

Also known as the Viscount St. Alban, Sir Francis Bacon is best known for his Baconian method, known to this day as the scientific method of inquiry. A widely-respected scientist, philosopher and statesman, Bacon was also believed by some to…
Marianne
July 5, 2008
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Grilling Time Again

I love it when July 4th falls on a Friday. It's the perfect 3-day weekend where you actually start the partying on day one and either rage on through, or have a full two days to recover. Believe me, I've…
Marianne
July 3, 2008
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Coconut Bacon

Will wonders never cease? I just ran across a recipe for homemade vegan bacon, using coconut as its base. I don't usually do this, but here's the recipe: 3 large handfuls of bulk coconut 1 tablespoon liquid smoke 2 tablespoons…
Marianne
July 2, 2008
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Bacon Cake Redux

More bacon cake, this time for humans! This is a simple cornbread cake with crumbled bacon and maple/cream cheese frosting between the layers and, of course, on top. Yum! Have you ever done a bacon search of Flickr? Crazy stuff.…
Marianne
July 1, 2008
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Roger Bacon – c1214-1294

Considered by some to be the first scientist, Roger Bacon was a Franciscan friar and English philosopher known for his emphasis on empirical research and experimentation. Bacon studied at Oxford at the tender age of 13, and later became an…
Marianne
June 28, 2008
Bacon Recipes

Breakfast Cake

Wow. You have to go check out this amazing, step-by-step recipe/photo journal of a breakfast cake. At first sight, I wasn't overly excited, because it just looks like cake. But you have to read through the whole process. This thing…
Marianne
June 27, 2008
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Can you imagine a world with Toaster Bacon?

In 1962, Arnold Barach dared to dream of a bright future, a world filled with ultrasonic dishwashers, electronic teaching machines, and yes, toaster bacon. Of course! It's genius! Pre-cooked bacon sealed in aluminum pouches that can be easily re-heated by…
Marianne
June 26, 2008
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The Bacon Shop

Internet, I love you. You let people do and say whatever they want, and you don't judge them for it. If people want to shout their political views, you give them a soapbox to stand on. If they want to…
Marianne
June 25, 2008
Bacon NewsBacon Video

Why I’m Voting for Barack

I don't know if any of you watch The View, but Michelle Obama appeared with those crazy ladies last week. They did a piece on breakfast where a nutritionist informed us that it IS the most important meal of the…
Marianne
June 23, 2008
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Nathaniel Bacon

Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy diplomat in the young colony of Virginia, best known for his instigation of the Virginia Rebellion, now called Bacon's Rebellion. Frustrated by high taxes, low tobacco prices and favoritism shown by Virginia's Governor William Berkeley,…
Marianne
June 21, 2008
Bacon Gifts

Bacon-Wrapped Dental Hygiene

Love to eat, but hate to floss? Me, too! I won't elaborate on my mental process, but the very thought of flossing kind of grosses me out. That's why the good folks at Archie McPhee have done it again. Bacon…
Marianne
June 20, 2008
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Bacon Hippos

In the tradition of seeing the Virgin Mary on your tortilla or the Shroud of Turin on your toast, this nice lady saw a vision of hippos in her rashers. And I think this may be a true miracle, because…
Marianne
June 19, 2008
Bacon Art

American (Bacon) Graffiti

How bored are kids today when they go out and deface a public phone? And what does it say about our society when they've ceased to use swear words or gang affiliations, and begun to idolize bacon? Is it a…
Marianne
June 18, 2008
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Birthday Bacon

As I mentioned yesterday, we had one heck of a party to celebrate our good friend Naseem last weekend. Wine tasting was followed by wine drinking, followed by many taxi-cabs and occasionally getting shushed by my husband for talking too…
Marianne
June 17, 2008
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Kevin Bacon: Side Note

My husband was so mad that I didn't include Tremors in Kevin Bacon's list of hits. I was all, "I think it can be lumped in with his late-eighties slump." And he's like, "Nuh-uh. Tremors was made in the nineties."…
Marianne
June 16, 2008
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Bacon Feather

Well it's Monday again, and once again I'm overwhelmed and under prepared. The good news is that we had an awesome weekend celebrating Naseem's birthday with much wine and bacon-wrapped filet. (Delicious steak photos to follow soon.) In the meantime,…
Marianne
June 16, 2008
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