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Guiding Myself Towards Better Bacon

October 30th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit Comment
Well this is just perfect.

Well this is just perfect.

A few weeks ago, I ordered the Guide to Better Bacon from the Zingerman’s food empire as a gift for one of my friends.  A real friend forces you to eat tons of bacon!  Anyway, the book never showed, so I called up Zingerman’s and they were kind enough to ship me another book expressly.  The new book arrived two days later and soon after made its way to my buddy.

A few days passed and I forgot about the book, but when I got my mail this morning, I was greeted by a most pleasant surprise.  My original book order had been lost somewhere in a Los Angeles post office, only to be found and delivered.  Now that I had already given the gift, this book was now free for my own bacon conquests.  I haven’t been able to tackle any recipes yet, but I am already so intrigued by the history of bacon, pig diagrams and more.  Goodbye unclogged arteries!

Dear Bacon:  Guide me.

Dear Bacon: Guide me.

It isn’t often that a nice Jewish boy like Ari Weinzweig dedicates an entire book to bacon, and when he does, you know it has to be great.  For that, I thank you, Zingerman’s.  You have given me a gift that I will treasure for as long as bacon tastes delicious.

Guide yourself here.


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