My Life With Bacon

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with the unboxing and tasting of the ubiquitous Bacon Freak assortment.  Of course, I've had their bacon before, but the offer this week was quite tempting (despite errors in their content, as you can the blue content "Bacon Freak Title", which should obviously be replaced with their real content).   Here's the link to their website , and the Offer Code below is still valid.  How could I resist the headline, "We heard that you like bacon."   Uh... duh (fifty-something trying to sound like a twenty-something.) Well, I ordered the bacon on Tuesday and it arrived on Saturday morning.  Saturday being my 17th wedding anniversary, and this morning chock full of 13-U baseball, I thought, "How am I going to get this done?". Let me ask you this:  what wife would let her husband break out and cook multiple packages of bacon just in time to take a shower (to get the bacon smell off) and then go to a five-star r...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with anticipation of Baconfest Chicago , an annual gathering downtown to celebrate and consume swine meat of all varieties.  There are sister events in San Francisco and Washington, D.C.  Unfortunately, tickets sold out too quickly for me to get any this year!  I'll be trolling for good deals on the secondary market, however.  Check out their logo!  Obviously a take-off on the City of Chicago's flag, it's clearly bacon'd up!  Ever wonder about the stars on Chicago's flag?  Here's that story . I TAPPED A GREAT FAMILY FRIEND , Jake Schneider , who is a Prep Cook at RPM Italian in Chicago to see if his high level foodie connections could scam me a ticket. Check out  RPM's menu - it's absolutely fantastic! Jake, who makes ALL the pasta at RPM from scratch every day, wasn't able to come through for me.  These tickets are a hot commodity! However, Jake recommended this DIY Baconfest -  a list of a...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues this week with the arrival of the Rustik Rooster Farms bacon!  I was beside myself with joy and anticipation, and texted a couple of buddies upon arrival.  JD was disappointed that we don't live across the street from each other and he can no longer avail himself of "bacon benefits".  Someday, JD, someday...  Click on the Farm link above for a treat of a pig website! The website says shipping could take up to six weeks, and for me, it was seven.  I'm sure it was because of their great coverage in the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets! ON TO THE UNBOXING!  Just as techies post pictures and videos of the first unboxing of new cell phones, , I decided to do the same thing.  It was a nondescript box, and inside a nice insulated bag with the bacon inside.  The bacon was very cold, so it shipped quite nicely. Look at the marbling! I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THE FALSE ADVERTISING.  When you look Carl's websi...

MY LIFE WITH BACON continues after a week off for Easter.  Don't think I didn't have any bacon, though!  Below is the crispy, but slightly overcooked bacon served at Brunch at the Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, IL.  Good bacon for a buffet. And what a buffet it was!  You name it, they had it.  A good time was had by all. An additional distraction from our bacon blog was my trip back to West Point with Jack.  We flew to Laguardia airport, rented a car, and drove directly to Grimaldi's in Brooklyn for the absolute best pizza in the world.  If there's anything to compete with my love of bacon, it's a great pizza.  And if the pizza is topped with bacon, so much the better. Grimaldi's is one of the oldest families to do pizza, and in coal-fired ovens that get over 1,000 degrees.  They told us we had to wait a half hour, and since I timed it, the pizza arrived just ten seconds shy of the 30-minute mark.  We headed up to West Point th...