The Big Book of Bacon: Savory Flirtations, Dalliances, and Indulgences with the Underbelly of the Pig

Description

Bacon has long been one of the most popular and prominent components of American table fare. "Bacon and eggs" just rolls off your tongue long before the waitress at your local diner can get your cup of coffee set before you. The BLT celebrates all that's right with one of the summer's simplest sandwiches. And burgers? Well, why have a cheeseburger when you can have a "bacon" cheeseburger? Building on those red-white-and-blue foundations, author Jennifer L.S. Pearsall has taken all the savory, smoky-sweet goodness that is bacon and elevated its status.

Jennifer L.S. Pearsall is a professional editor, writer, and photographer in the outdoor sporting industry, and she is the author and publisher of the popular blog TheBaconAffairs.com, from which much of this book is derived. She learned her craft in the kitchen through her mother and grandmothers, expanding her horizons and cooking talents as she moved about the country, experiencing and experimenting with the local cuisines of central California, the Virginia Tidewater area, and the heavily Tex-Mex-influenced fare of San Antonio, among others. Today, Pearsall resides in Waupaca, Wisconsin, land of brats, beer, and cheese, cooking bacon nearly every day under the watchful eyes of her two Great Pyrenees pups, Lucy and Hayden.