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Posts tagged “bacon”

Recipe: Braised Escarole with Apples and Bacon

Escarole appeared in my Mystery Box last week, setting me up for one of my favorite situations: discovering something new to work with in the kitchen. I've heard of escarole and have even eaten it i...

Product Review: D'Artagnan Duck Bacon

Every so often I like to go to iGourmet and treat myself to some gourmet delicacies. While surfing their website, I came across D'Artagnan Duck Bacon. Intrigued, I purchased it....

Have You Ever Made Your Own Bacon?

When we read this Salon article about making bacon, we immediately started Googling for recipes. How could we not? Imagine - your very own bacon!!...

Hot or Not? Bacon in Desserts

We first heard the rumblings of the bacon-as-dessert movement when Vosges introduced Mo's Bacon Chocolate Bar, but the rumbling is now a roar. Bacon is weaving its savory path through cookies, ice cre...

Maple Miso Bacon Ice Cream Bourbon Root Beer Float

No, that's not a typo. Greg and Michelle, the Culinary Sherpas, did make this concoction. Apparently, their cat approved....

Recipe Roundup: Potato Salads with Bacon

With apologies to our vegetarian friends, this has to be our favorite way to make potato salad. If it has hard-boiled eggs in it, too, all the better. Get some recipes below... ...

Inspiration: The Breakfast Manifesto

As we've told you before, we're always looking for breakfast inspiration, and ways to make the most perfunctory meal of the day more interesting. That's why we were thrilled to get New York Magazine'...

Weekend Meditation: Salty-Sweet

As I write this, I am slowly savoring a bite of Mo’s Bacon Chocolate Bar by the amazingly innovative Vosges Haute Chocolate. The initial hit of rich dark milk chocolate is followed by hints of smok...

Bacon and Eggs Appetizer

So, have you thrown your party to close out and celebrate the Spring Kitchn Cure yet? We are throwing an office party in New York this weekend and planning for a family graduation party later this sum...

Web Resource: iGourmet

We've mentioned before that we love online shopping for gourmet food items. Another of our favorite online resources is iGourmet, who we really like for cheese purchases....

Top Chef Chicago: Blind Tastings and... Bacon!

Every year, Top Chef does a Quickfire challenge where they blindfold the chefs and have them identify or distinguish between ingredients. We love it, we wait for it, and we occasionally dream of havi...

Quick Tip: Freezing Bacon

Bacon adds a subtle sweet and smoky flavor to food, and we love using it as a base in a lot of our dishes. But unless we're planning a hearty breakfast the next day, it's annoying to buy a whole packa...

Weeknight Inspiration: Made-up Meal with Bacon, Bok Choy, Sesame and Garlic

Photo by Flickr member ex.libris We have frugal eating and cupboard cleanouts on the brain, so we were very inspired by this photo and impromptu meal by ex.libris. She took what was on hand and... ...

Recipe for Entertaining: Elegant Pancetta Cups

Like most of the rest of the blogosphere, we fell in love with blogger notmartha's genius bacon cups. Who doesn't love the marriage of crafts and bacon? But after reading her description of the arduou...

Goes Well With Coffee: Bacon and Eggs

Why does coffee go so well with bacon and eggs? We most often think of coffee as a drink to be paired with something sweet, but then we have a cup with a hearty breakfast, like this recipe from Bon ...

Good Eats: How Bacon is Made

[Twice a week we're rounding up our favorite recipes and tips from our friends at Serious Eats and sharing them here. We also want to say Hi to the new readers who found us through Serious Eats and ar...

Recipe: Bacon and Artichoke Jambalaya

This Cupboard Challenge gave us a great supper last night. This quick and easy version of a jambalaya fits in the huge family of rice dishes cooked with broth, meat, and vegetables. Pilaf, pulao, ...