Bacon - Paperback

by Heather Lauer (Author)

"[A] paean to pork."

--Boston Herald

A love letter to the "best meat ever," Bacon, by unabashed bacon enthusiast Heather Lauer, is a wondrous collection of bacon bits--filled with fun facts, recipes, history, and smoked porcine worship. The Memphis Commercial Appeal says, "If you can make it to the end of this book without craving just a taste of the savory stuff, then you're probably the world's strongest vegetarian." Adoring, entertaining, and informative--sizzling with Lauer's infectious passion for her mouthwatering subject--Bacon is the next best thing to bacon wrapped in bacon.

Back Jacket

It's salty, smoky, and sweet. It can make almost any dish better. It's bacon, and it's the best meat ever!

In Bacon: A Love Story, popular bacon blogger Heather Lauer serves up a piping hot dish of fun and facts and explores the ins and outs of how bacon finds its way to your skillet . . . and what to do with it when it gets there.

Bacon: A Love Story features

Makin' Bacon
A tour of country-style bacon outfits and their time-honored curing methods and traditions. Includes tips for making your own signature cure.

Bacon Nation
Profiles of bacon-loving chefs across the country who incorporate the meat into their menus in increasingly innovative ways.

There's In This?
More than twenty delicious recipes for tons of bacon goodies like Bacon-Wrapped Tater Tots, BLT with caramelized bacon . . . plus a few surprises like Bacon Bloody Marys and Bacon Brownies.

Bacon 411
An extensive resource section on all things bacon.

Bacon fans, prepare to get your pig on!