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."…
MarianneJune 16, 2008
Born in Philadelphia, Kevin Bacon is the youngest of six children. His prolific film career began in 1982 with the critically acclaimed Diner. It was with 1984's Footloose, however, that Kevin became a Hollywood icon. Although he experienced an artistic…
MarianneJune 14, 2008
See this crazy kid? See how he's dancing for the sheer love of bacon? That song he's jamming to is written by one of the Society's favorite rock stars and product reviewers, Parry Gripp. You may know Parry as a…
MarianneJune 13, 2008
Could there be two more heavenly words than bacon and pizza? And I don't mean that Canadian variety so popular with the pineapples. I'm talking fat-marbled, skillet-fried, greasy, delicious bacon. According to Serious Eats' Slice report, Famous Original Ray's in…
MarianneJune 10, 2008
Wow! It's been a hectic weekend, and its going to be one heck of a Monday. Let's just say it involves major deadlines and multi-paged proposals. And so I will simply start the week with this beautiful photo of a…
MarianneJune 9, 2008
Born in Ireland to English parents, Francis Bacon was a sickly child. He spent much of his unhappy childhood sedated on morphine to battle illness and allergic attacks. As a young adult, Bacon drifted from city to city, relationship to…
MarianneJune 7, 2008
Do you love the Grateful Palate? I love the Grateful Palate. Those guys are just genius, overflowing with an abundance of bacon gifts and bacon-of-the-month clubs and delicious goodies. Grateful Palate, I want to be your friend. This may be…
MarianneJune 6, 2008
I don't know about your dad, but mine has some typical father-like qualities. Things like a penchant for shop tools and barbecues and red meat. Although Dad and I don't agree on how we like our bacon cooked, we both…
MarianneJune 4, 2008
It must be a wonderful time to be a vegetarian. Beyond the bounty of fresh and exotic produce available year round, there are some great companies out there making tasty meat alternatives. Heck, I'm not a vegetarian and I love…
MarianneJune 3, 2008
This is interesting...a cooking site with a section devoted to telling you not only what you're doing wrong, but also how to do it right. This instructional video from chow.com about how to cook bacon is right on the money,…
MarianneMay 30, 2008
I'm a pretty big fan of my dog. I personally bathe him and clean his ears and have spent an ungodly amount of money on his propensity to injure himself. Our house and yard are littered with dog beds and…
MarianneMay 29, 2008
Has anyone noticed that, um...people like bacon? Seriously good things keep being churned out by artists and chefs and hucksters alike. Today I bring you another Etsy artist, Melbell, whose shop is just full of cute novelty jewelry. Much of…
MarianneMay 28, 2008
When my friend sent me a link to a bacon cheese burger, I thought, "So? I eat bacon cheese burgers all the time." I assumed this was just a cheese burger with tons of bacon on it. Or, like, tons…
MarianneMay 21, 2008
I once titled a post Bacon Sushi? because I figured...it doesn't exist. I can waste that title because I'll never find real bacon sushi to post about, right? Right?! WRONG! So let me backtrack by saying that my husband and…
MarianneMay 20, 2008
Grr's bacon soap experiment (see Wednesday's post) was such a hit with you interwebbers, I thought we ought to give you the tools to make your very own bacon soap! And thanks to all the goofy and talented people who…
MarianneMay 16, 2008
So I know I already talked about Bacon Chocolate, a colloidal mixture of high-quality chocolate and bits of yummy bacon. But this is a whole new thing. Full strips of bacon, apparently dipped in fudge. Someone sent me this image,…
MarianneMay 12, 2008