From the monthly archives: January 2010

For this week’s Weekend Cooking I am pulling out an oldie but goodie, the Bacon, Cheese, and Potato Chowder. This was one of the first recipes Beth and I made together back in 2007. Our only complaint was that it called for two strips for six bowls. It should be more like [...]

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This week’s Thirsty Thursday beer is East End Brewing’s Big Hop IPA. I could take this time to tell you all about the brewery but I don’t have to. A local news station did a nice little video that tells you all about this great Pittsburgh beer.

Big Hop

Loads of [...]

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On today’s show Sean and I talked with Robin, a bacon loving contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef (season six). She calls herself a “Bad Jew” since she loves pork (bacon). She even made a vice dish all about pork and cooked it five different ways. It was a really great interview and if you [...]

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After much anticipation, tickets to this year’s Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival will be sold exclusively through an online link located at www.blueribbonbaconfestival.com beginning at high noon on Thursday, February 4th. The event will be held at the Scottish Rite Consistory at 519 Park Street in downtown Des Moines on Saturday, February 27th.

“This [...]

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Passion Pit – The Reeling

On January 25, 2010 By

This week’s “Music Monday” video is Passion Pit with there hit song The Reeling. This isn’t the first time I talked about Passion Pit, last year I wrote a post about their first EP “Chunk of Change”. Well this song (The Reeling) is off their new LP “Manors”. It’s been out [...]

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This weeks “Weekend Cooking” is a recipe that Oscar Myers sent me to use with there Super Thickcut Bacon. Sadly I didn’t have their bacon so I used another great brand Nueske’s.

This is a great side dish for just about anything. It’s sweet, savory, and buttery. Beth and I thought they [...]

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As frequent watchers of Bacon LIVE already know I am a big fan of Dogfish Head Brewery. I even went to Rehoboth Beach in December to attend a Pork and Beer dinner at their brew pub. So I guess its no surprise that I would feature them on “Thirsty Thursday”.

Today’s [...]

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Last night we tried Nueske’s top secret Cherry Wood Bacon. Yes that’s right! The company that is known around the bacon loving community for their Apple wood is playing about with other types of smoke. Sean and I both thought the cherry wood had a mild an almost sweet flavor. I have not had [...]

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Archie McPhee made a lot of bacon lovers upset when they released the Bacon Tuxedo Box without the tux. In an effort to mend the wounds McPhee has come out with the “Bacon Tuxedo Puzzle”. It’s not tux but it’s better than an empty box of lost dreams (yes I am [...]

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This week’s Music Monday band is Red Pens, a Minneapolis duo. A few of their songs have been gaining some popularity on major music blogs. Pitchfork even reviewed their single “Weekdays”, a track off their new record “Reasons”.

I really enjoy this band’s danceable rhythms and fuzzy guitars. [...]

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