Tagged: bacon

4:07pm

Fri October 19, 2012
The Salt

Is that bacon in your cocktail?

Originally published on Wed October 24, 2012 10:03 am

The practice of imparting the flavor of something heavy into a lighter liquid is centuries old. Ancient Indian healers did it with botanicals; early Christian monks did it with bitters. But the process is getting new attention as part of the craze to put all things food into all things drink.

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4:30am

Wed August 8, 2012
Food for thought

What's shakin' is bacon!

It's a bacon renaissance. The stuff's in everything from milkshakes to chocolate to bourbon whiskey. Just Google "new uses for bacon" and you'll see. There are innumerable sites devoted to all things bacon. Including one called Mr. Bacon Pants, a concept with some intriguing possibilities. 

And now in the interest of full disclosure, I confess:

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5:00am

Wed September 14, 2011
Food for Thought

Makin' bacon – Italian style

Buy pork bellies! 

I've always wanted to bellow that phrase into a two-piece antique telephone while dressed up with top hat and money bag like the Monopoly millionaire.

But this time I really mean it. 

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