Southern Comfort
You gotta love The New Yorker. Wry, urbane, and recently under attack for some controversial cover art. You know what? It's not going to make me stop reading. Not when the latest edition features the Fourteen Passive-Aggressive Appetizers that would…
MarianneJuly 17, 2008
Bacon Apple Pie
There are an amazing number of recipes in existence that pair up the salty with the sweet. I myself rarely mix the two. Can't stand sweet & sour chicken. Don't want pineapple on my pizza. The thought of pickles and…
MarianneJuly 16, 2008
Bacon Old-Fashioned
As we've all heard recently (and redundantly), New York Magazine has called the bacon movement a dying trend, boring as a lecture about plastic bags and beat like the proverbial dead horse. Why, then, did they give us this delightful…
MarianneJuly 15, 2008
El Arte Award
We interrupt our usual plugging of bacon products to announce that we are proud recipients of an Arte Award! Dave's Cupboard gave us this honor, and what a compliment coming from one of my favorite food bloggers! Thanks, Dave! This…
MarianneJuly 14, 2008
Our 100th Post!!
Hey Internet, we made it to 100 posts! I must admit that when we started this venture, I wasn't sure how many new and exciting bacon finds there could be, but the hits just keep on coming! Thanks for reading…
MarianneJuly 11, 2008
What Gives, World Religion?
I knew that certain Jewish and Islamic traditions forbade the eating of pork, but when did the Christians turn on us? This is even more harsh, although more straightforward, than the last religious tirade aimed at bacon.
MarianneJuly 10, 2008
Mmm…Bacon Doughnut
Could Homer Simpson ask for a more perfect creation? A doughnut...with bacon on top? This creation could have come straight out of Matt Groening's brain. But instead it came out of Portland's now-famous Voodoo Doughnut. I know this probably isn't…
MarianneJuly 9, 2008
The Bacon Rage
What a week for bacon! Salon Magazine has officially dubbed this "Pork Week" and kicked it off with an article about America's Bacon Mania. Something like BeatleMania for carnivores? This article gave it up for lots of our favorite bacon…
MarianneJuly 8, 2008
If I had any money, here’s where I’d put it
I don't know about you, Internet, but I find holiday weekends a royal strain on the wallet. Between the drinks with friends, breakfasts and dinners with friends, pedicures, bottles of wine at the house, cases of beer at the house...well,…
MarianneJuly 7, 2008
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…
MarianneJuly 5, 2008
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…
MarianneJuly 3, 2008
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…
MarianneJuly 2, 2008
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.…
MarianneJuly 1, 2008
Organic Bacon Treats
I have to be honest with you, readers. My roommate, Marianne, can be a little stingy with the treats. Sometimes I go to the office with her to help out, and for all my efforts I get, like, two treats…
BrutusJune 30, 2008
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…
MarianneJune 28, 2008
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…
MarianneJune 27, 2008