Our 10 Favorite Stories Starring Bacon

10 Bacons That Are Not Messing Around

A deeply satisfying investigation

The fine folks at the Men’s Health Guy Gourmet blog want you to know that bacon is still in business, even with public outcry that the unctuous foodstuff is “over” and some guy making a Jell-O version that is simply disturbing. They tested over 60 varieties, pegging ten for their porcine hall of fame.

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How to Cook Bacon

3 easy ways to cook bacon perfectly

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Our 5 Favorite "Just Add Bacon" Breakfasts

Breakfast recipes need bacon for a perfect weekend

It's a sad weekend breakfast plate that features no bacon, a sad plate indeed. We're very proud of our massive collection of brunch recipes from the dessertiest pancakes to the most sausage-packed quiche. Sometimes, however, if you have a certain breakfast meat side in mind, no amount of cheese can (necessarily) replace it. Thankfully, we have 5 suggestions that simply need the magic meat to...

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Yes, Somebody Went Ahead And Came Up With A Recipe For Bacon Jell-O

This week's food-related sign of the apocalypse

First, there were reports that a global pork shortage was imminent. Fast forward a couple of months and there appears to be such a surplus of everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure that people have started to throw it around in...get this...Jell-O. There's even a nine-step recipe.

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Bacon Taquitos Recipe

You can make these morning, noon or night

These bacon taco bites are close to being a perfect food. They taste at the same time crunchy, smoky, and earthy as the flavors combine in each mouthful. They are great for cocktails parties, breakfast with eggs and a Bloody Maria, or any fiesta where drinking is involved.

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Nick Offerman: "Utensils Don't Make The Bacon Sweeter"

A video slam poetry tribute to bacon à la Swanson

Ron Swanson, breakfast enthusiast. It was only a matter of time before the man who once said "fish meat is practically a vegetable" picked up a microphone and a set of bongos and made a public tribute to bacon on YouTube. Plus a slam poetry tribute to "The Four Horsemeals of the Eggporkalypse" would have been overkill.

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Espresso Maple Bacon Recipe

Would you like some coffee with your bacon?

We add this bacon to our scrambled egg roll with Vermont cheddar and slow-roasted tomatoes, but it’s just as delicious on a BLT or any place a smoky, sweet and wonderfully...

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Bacon Marmalade On Everything

Finally, a product that lives up to bacon's name

The photo to your left is 30 pounds of finest chopped bacon you will ever find. This, along with caramelized onions and spices, will be confited until it becomes what is known to a lucky few as bacon marmalade.

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Spicy Candied Bacon Recipe

Spicy bacon, candy and bourbon love Sunday brunch

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Muffin Your Lunch

Muffin tins + lunch = Lunch muffins

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