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Bacon has become the little black dress of the food world -- throw it into any dish and it's fabulous. From old-school bacon and eggs, B.L.T. and quiche Lorraine to spaghetti carbonara, we've paraded full-throttle into bacon mania. L.A. food critic Jonathan Gold, a baconista practically from birth, wrote in a recent review of restaurant Fig that it serves "bacon-wrapped bacon, which is a warning shot fired over the heaving bow of S.S. Food." Just a guess, but there's probably a waiting list to crew on that tub.
Meanwhile, when it's not being wrapped in itself, bacon shows its sweet side. In his Great Book of Chocolate, Chez Panisse pastry alum David Lebovitz candies bacon and crumbles it into chocolate chip cookies, inspiring bloggers stickygooeycreamychewy and traceysculinaryadventures (who shot this photo) to give it a go, and share the recipe. Brown sugar is sprinkled over the bacon and it's baked until caramelized, and when added to the cookies it supplies just a wee hint of salty, bacony goodness. Remember: little black dress. It works.
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3-23-2010 @10:28AM Tracey C (SugarPunk) said... Actually, can we please, please get over bacon already? As a vegetarian for over 20 years, I was always happy that I could take refuge in dessert (other than worrying about lurking gelatin, or lard in pie crusts). The fad of putting bacon in everything is making even the dessert table unmanageable, which is really annoying.
Bacon isn't so much the Little Black Dress as it is Legwarmers or Deely-boppers - something we're going to look back upon in ten years and wonder, "what were we thinking?".
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3-25-2010 @7:47AM Anna-Maria said... I agree with robert...bacon is the bomb! The food of the gods!I don' eat much meat,but I LOVE bacon.
3-25-2010 @3:30AM captain underpants and the bringdown gang said... http://www.dailyfork.com/Chocolate-Covered-Bacon.jpg
nuff said.
3-23-2010 @11:03AM LinC said... I'm not a vegetarian, but I'm also tired of the bacon craze. I had some bacon-chocolate truffles recently that were icky. Waste of good chocolate. But they were selling them because adding bacon to anything is trendy. Tracey is right -- time for this fad to fade.
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3-23-2010 @8:09PM tom said... A few yrs ago, I had a fried Twinkie. OMG, it almost stopped my heart! If I remember right, somewhere in the vicinity of 1800 calories. Bacon candy will have it's 15 minutes, but we'll be back to just bacon and eggs.
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3-23-2010 @8:21PM Oodora said... If you like candied bacon you should check out The Sticky Pig's Candied Bacon Confections at www.thestickypig.com. They make original, one-of-a-kind candies made from bacon and they are delish!
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3-23-2010 @8:24PM Carrie55 said... Bacon candy... not my first choice .. if I want something sweet, I would head straight to the cookies or desserts.. not healthy.. but thinking better tasting that candied bacon. Our family' fav are cake ball desserts.. cake and frosting mixture coated in melted chocolate.. am going to make red velvet cake with white chocolate for easter and coat with colorful sprinkles.. they will look like little easter eggs.. recipe and how to tips here: http://www.celebrationideasonline.com/easy-dessert-recipe.html our kids go crazy them!
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3-23-2010 @8:27PM dtm said... jean anderson has a candied-bacon recipe in her wonderful "a love affair with southern cooking," adding prepared mustard and black pepper to the brown sugar. the candied bacon has been adored at parties the few times i've made it, and it went particularly nicely with a cocktail made with bacon-infused bourbon.
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3-23-2010 @8:47PM Tonya said... Actually here in Cleveland Ohio, we have Malley's chocolates- and recently they came out with chocolate covered bacon- it sounded disgusting at first but they were giving samples out at one of their stores and i tried it and it was absolutely delicious!
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3-23-2010 @10:08PM Anonymous said... To be honest, I love bacon, and I also love chocolate. You might call me weird but i eat pickles with chocolate... why not bacon with chocolate? although i do agree that people are taking it to far this article, is disgusting.
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3-23-2010 @10:44PM robert said... cook then cold sandwiches, that is the best bacon.
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3-23-2010 @11:34PM joann s. said... in a word......YUK........
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3-24-2010 @12:30AM Dragon said... Hey, Look everybody. NOBODY is pushing ANYTHING down anybody's throat. Just Relax. you don't want to eat bacon then DON"T. Leave the people who do like it ALONE! Bacon or MEAT isn't for everybody. So what. DON"T eat it then. That is what this GREAT country of ours is about FREEDOM!!!
You are free to like or dislike bacon. Too bad it is not the same about Health Care anymore. Lets just hope when THIS government of ours gets done with us we will have a RIGHT to choose bacon or no bacon. Because the way it is going they may force us to eat bacon whether we like to or not OR be fined!
CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG!
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3-24-2010 @8:00PM Yerdy said... You know, Dragon, it's too bad you had to go off on the anti-government tangent. NOWHERE in this article or any of the previous posts has anyone said anything about the government, until, of course, you. Thing is that the government has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not you can either enjoy bacon or if you want to eat it or not. You still have that right. You also have the right to speak freely (as does anyone else on this posting), however your comments about the government were totally unnecessary. Stick to the subject and then WE CAN ALL JUST GET ALONG. (And it might be a good idea for you to read the ENTIRE healthcare bill before you say things about it. It would add to your knowledge base.)
3-24-2010 @1:46PM Dragon said... Yerdy, Yerdy, Yerdy, Its a good thing that you can read and type. Looks like thats all you do according to your comments all over the place. Don't you have a job? If you don't PLEASE feel free to read the 2,700+ pages of YOUR new Health care. I did. You have no idea what is in store fore you. IF, THIS govnt has it's way it WILL tell you what you can and can NOT eat. I DID read and UNDERSTOOD the Health Care Plan. DID YOU? So I kinda do know what I am talking about. DO YOU? I thought NOT!!!
Practice what you preach.
3-24-2010 @6:13AM Jhawk said... While dining in upstate NY, I had a wonderful bacon n egg ice cream for desert. The contrast of the salty bacon with the sweet ice cream made this an exquisite tasting, and this would be right in line. As Emeril Lagazze says, "Bacon Rules"!
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3-31-2010 @4:10PM Yerdy said... Actually, yes, Dragon, I have a very successful job (considering the times of day you have posted, I fear that YOU don't have a job - or at least, one that makes you happy). I also have an ability to read, comprehend, type, and SPELL things correctly. It's too bad you lack those qualities.
That being said, you have your right to think what you will about healthcare reform (or anything else, for that matter), as do I and millions of others. And, dear heart, I HAVE read the full text of the bill and did so WAY before the bill was passed. And, yes, I did READ and COMPREHEND the entire bill. I have a strong feeling you did neither - although you might have READ the bill, there is no way you would even begin to comprehend it or any part of it.
You need to practice what you preach. It would be helpful to not only the people who post ON THE SUBJECT AT HAND, but also to those around you. It's unfortunate that you are such a miserable person (and I mean that in someone who is unhappy). As I said, you have the right to think what you will. And so do I.
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3-25-2010 @9:28AM kaszeta said... While I agree that the bacon thing has gotten out of hand (especially when many people are focusing on quantity of bacon instead of quality of bacon), I actually made David Lebovitz's Bacon Ice Cream recipe, and enjoyed the result
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaszeta/2485249502/
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