Love bacon? Who doesn't? But do you love bacon enough to go to Camp Bacon, where the who's who of the bacon world (let's call 'em bacon barons) meet:
Camp Bacon was to be a one-day Davos of cured and/or smoked pork. Many luminaries of the bacon world, plus new, rising stars, would be here: Allan Benton, the humble Tennessean whose pork bellies have made chefs swoon from New York to Napa; Herb Eckhouse, whose La Quercia pancetta and prosciutto from Iowa stand up to the best from Italy; and Nick Spencer, a Brit based in Chicago who began making back bacon this spring. Bacon poetry readings and a performance by 73-year-old R&B artist Andre Williams, who wrote a song called "Bacon Fat" in 1956, would help define the meat's cultural impact.
"It's a thinking person's bacon camp," said Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Ann Arbor's gourmet mecca Zingerman's, which hosted the event. "I want to get people off the 'I love bacon' thing: 'Give me any and give me more.' I want them to know the differences between them and how to use them."
Jane Black of The Washington Post has the delicious story: Link
And of course, I have to point out our own Bacon Store over at the NeatoShop.
Okay guys. The bacon thing is done. I enjoy the taste of bacon but you've driven this thing into the ground. Let's move on to grits or pancakes or some other breakfast food.