bacon

I recently got the chance to interview Kevin Gillespie from Top Chef Season 6. He is a big supporter of bacon and even uses lard in a lot of the recipes at his restaurant. Check out the interview to learn about is favorite ways to use bacon and what he has a tattoo of on his arm.
Also, please note, the interview happened the day after I got back from vacation so I was a little off my game. What I am trying to say is, it’s not Kevin’s fault for it being a slightly rough interview at times. In fact he seems like a really great guy and I wished I could have chatted him more.

If you couldn’t guess by the beginning of the video, Kevin is a part this year’s International Bacon Day Celebration in Cincinnati, Saturday September 4th. He will be hosting the Beggin’ Bacon Bash, a bacon event dedicated to our K9 friends and their owners. The event will feature live music and activities for both two-legged and four-legged bacon lovers.
“Because dogs – and their owners – share a hilarious obsession for bacon, Beggin’ wanted to create an exciting, dog-friendly event for the entire family that’s all about bacon,” said Stephen Trammell, assistant brand manager, Nestlé Purina Dog Snacks brand pet food.
I agree with Stephen that a dog-friendly bacon event needed to be created but I am not sure what they mean when they say our obsession for bacon is hilarious.
Anyway, I would like to thank Kevin for taking the time to talk with me about his love of bacon. And I hope his bacon event goes off without a hitch. For additional information about the events and attractions at the Beggin’ Bacon Bash, visit www.beggintime.com.

pouryourheartintoit has added a photo to the pool:

Quesadillas (alternate view)
Flour Tortilla with Toma de Bleu, Bacon, Dijon Cream Dip, Pickled Alliums

Shot 4:3 with a Panasonic GH1 using a 45mm Leica DG Macro-Elmarit H-ES045 lens.

Allium
310 Main Street
Eastsound, Washington 98245
(360) 376-4904

pouryourheartintoit has added a photo to the pool:

Quesadillas (alternate view)
Flour Tortilla with Toma de Bleu, Bacon, Dijon Cream Dip, Pickled Alliums

Shot 4:3 with a Panasonic GH1 using a 45mm Leica DG Macro-Elmarit H-ES045 lens.

Allium
310 Main Street
Eastsound, Washington 98245
(360) 376-4904

On last night’s show Sean and I talked with Hilary from Sugardale about their event “The Great Sugardale Bac-On”. It’s a recipe contest were you can win up to 3,000 bucks! If you want to enter just head to their website and submit your original recipe.
After talking about the Bac-On we moved on to the rash of bacon hate being found on Facebook. The source of most of the anti-bacon propaganda is the Facebook page titled, “Bacon-loving Hipsters can Kiss my Vegan Ass”. To help restore balance we had a member of the bacon community create our own page called, “Vegan Hipsters can Kiss my Bacon-loving Ass”. Please become a fan and post vegan recipes that can be improve with bacon, links to vegan blogs so we can make fun of them, and anything else that’s related.
All I ask is that we keep it constructive and stay away from personal attacks on vegans. Yes, they made fun of Aaron Tucker (lover of Bacon Salt) but that doesn’t mean we need to stoop to their level. Let’s show them who really take the moral high road.
Another highlight of the show was when Sean and I ate Hormel’s fully cooked bacon right out of the box. That’s right; we didn’t put it in a microwave or anything. To our surprise it wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be, but we still wouldn’t recommend it. It was to chewy and desperately needed to be re-cooked.
Be sure to watch or listen to the rest of the show to hear about the stuff I am too lazy to write about. Enjoy Bacon! It’s good to be back.
Go to BaconLIVE.com to learn how to subscribe, call the show, and watch us live Wednesdays at 7pm ET!
Watch the live video recording on uStream.tv or listen to the audio podcast bellow!

rabidscottsman has added a photo to the pool:

DCHolmes has added a photo to the pool:

rabidscottsman has added a photo to the pool:

rabidscottsman has added a photo to the pool:

Im using half of this in a recipe called Serbian bacon, bean and cabbage soup

elkit has added a photo to the pool:

My housemate is the best! Walked into the kitchen this morning to find these on the counter.
(Yes, that is bacon on top. Why d'you even have to ask?)

rabidscottsman has added a photo to the pool:

Im using half of this in a recipe called Serbian bacon, bean and cabbage soup

Organic strawberries are better than conventional ones. And conventional strawberries are better than organic ones. [LAT]
California actually decides not to ban something. [CNN]
A fantastic post about how foreign food aid harms the very people it’s intended to help. Eat me, Bono. [The Atlantic]
Celery Jello? Sylvester Stallone Pudding? Eek. The thirteen worst food-marketing ideas ever. [Guyism]
August Haffenreffer, the brains behind Green Death, RIP. [Boston Globe]
Legalize home distilling! [Reason.tv, with a doff of the cap to Crispy reader Zach]

fakeginger has added a photo to the pool:

recipe