If there is anything I love as much as bacon, it’s shoes. Keds has put the two best things in the world together. The idea of a bacon shoe is intriguing... but not quite my style. How about some 3 inch strappy bacon heels?
How to make bacon at home (not in the bedroom, you perv!)—starting with a good cut of pork belly from your local butcher—is described here.
I love a free lunch—especially a delicious, home-made one! Yesterday, my foodie friend (& fabulous cook) Patty brought a sizable container of bacon fried rice into work for me. The addition of bacon takes this simple dish to a whole new level of tastiness. Unfortunately, I was too busy chained to my desk to enjoy it with her... but it sure made working through lunch much more pleasant. Thanks Patty, you made my day!
“Master storyteller” Mike Daisey will be at Joe’s Pub on June 8th discussing our favorite subject: bacon! Not only that but he will be cooking and serving bacon during the show! If there was ever a time to start supporting the performing arts it’s now...
By Claes Oldenburg. This super-sized sandwich along with other examples of his early sculpture are on view at the Whitney now through September 6th.
Now you too can drive a baconmobile—or at least smell like you do (and only if you live in the Manitowoc, Wisconsin area). Dan and Tracy Kaderabek opened their first Bio-Blend Fuel station proving an alternative to conventional diesel fuel. They are putting pig fat into pick up trucks! Dan Kaderabek says:
View a slideshow from the Park Slope Pork Off earlier this month here. The winner was Jesse Foster with his smoky barbecued pork belly. Other entrants included dark chocolate bon bons filled with a pancetta ganache and brown sugar bacon ice cream! There was even the Filipino dish pinakbet. Proceeds of the Pork Off benefitted Filipino toxic waste victims.
Easting healthy is all about balance... Wait, why am I talking about healthy eating on a bacon blog? Well, it turns out that bacon is really good for you (in moderation of course)! According to Bon Appetite, bacon is #1 on the list of “10 surprising Superfoods.” Jennifer McLagan, author of Fat (which no one has bought for me yet!!!), tells us that nearly half of the fat in bacon is monounsaturated—this fat is oleic acid. I don’t really know what any of that means but it is basically the same kind of fat found in olive oil—the good for you kind of fat!
Above is the typical “999 breakfast” for the Metropolitan Police at London’s Scotland Yards. Chef Hasanali Khoja refused to cook bacon and sausage as it is against his Muslim beliefs. At his hiring, he was assured that no pork handling would be involved in his supervisory position. However, after his refusal to cook the meat, he was told his job was at risk and was also subjected to racist behavior from HR management. 
Earlier this year, I asked “Why, NY?” because I could not find and haven’t heard of anywhere in the city that makes bacon doughnuts. NY is filled with prized doughnut shops... the last place I expected to find them is at a fancy midtown restaurant. Atria’s butterscotch doughnuts aren’t your traditional breakfast donuts—which is kind of what I’m looking for—but this dessert looks just fantastic! Described by the Post: “Fresh thyme lends a savory touch to warm butterscotch-filled doughnuts as does smoky bacon ‘powder’ made from bacon drippings, salt and modified tapioca starch.” Yum, that’s what Bacon Salt should be made of!
Bacon Sandwich by Riki Takaoka. Check out his Phood Blog and even order some take out. I guess Riki doesn’t eat bacon that often—or pork really. But I especially like his desserts and amazing black and white drawings.
Sip a Bakon Vodka cocktail from this snout cup. Via what-ever-the-weather.
Or stop by Joe Doe in the East Village for a “Conflicted Jew.”
Like an ice cream cone but meatier: a bacon cone filled with scrambled eggs and country gravy topped with a biscuit. Thanks DirtyBlonde for the photo!
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On a very last minute business trip to Montreal I felt rather ill. I must have looked pretty awful because everyone was asking me if I had the Swine Flu. The flight attendant said I looked like I was “really hating life right now.” Well, yeah—since we were stuck on a freezing plane for 2 hours before taking off. She was kind enough to move me to some empty seats where I could lay down. Then the woman across the aisle requested to be moved away from me. I guess I don’t blame her... A herd of pigs in Canada caught the virus from a Canadian who recently visited Mexico. But I wasn’t near those pigs! Hell, I don’t even like Canadian bacon.
I think we all know who wins (as proven in previous fights to the death). This is obvious in the world of meats, but in the world of email this also holds true. “Bacn” (minus the “o”) is better than spam. The very recently coined term refers to all of your middle-class email—the newsletters and updates you signed up for but never actually read. 
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