Bacon

Taste of Elegance

March 1, 2011

A few weeks ago I went to help the Ohio Pork Producers at the Taste of Elegance.  The Taste of Elegance is a food competition like the Iron Chef America but in downtown Columbus!     The secret ingredient for this cuisine showdown was pork of course!  There were some absolutely gorgeous and delicious dishes [...]

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Something New on Porktastic!

December 9, 2010

We are going to have a new addition to Porktastic soon.  Have you ever wondered where bacon and ribs come from?  Is there a difference between Canadian bacon and other types of bacon?  What is the leanest cut of pork? There are so many undiscovered things about the deliciousness that we all call pork.  All [...]

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Bacon Update!

December 1, 2010

A new product has hit the market.  While I’m accepting of all things pork, I’m not sure I would try this. Would you? Bacon Pop.  Oh yes, bacon flavored vodka has been out for sometime and a new level of bacon flavored drinks has been reached by Jones Soda. I’m not sure yet what I [...]

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Bacon Camp 2010

September 20, 2010

I had heard of Bacon Camp and had been interested in the past, but just cleared my schedule and gathered the gusto to attend in 2010.  Held in the Dispatch Kitchen upstairs in the North Market  a sold out crowd of 200 was reported.  So, it turns out there are more people out there like [...]

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Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2010

  I know its from last year, but I love it!  Have a Porktastic 4th of July! -    B

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Jake Gyllenhaal Cooks Bacon

June 1, 2010

Every once in a while, cooking feels exactly like this: we don’t feel like we know what we’re doing; get frustrated with the options and choices; throw a bunch of things together and end up cooking an iPad instead! Okay, well maybe not the iPad, but the same feelings exist. I have to say that Jake [...]

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Does Bacon Grow On Trees?

March 29, 2010

I have found a new Bacontastic discovery that needs to be added to the Porktastic repertoire.  Introducing… Bacon Ta-Da Okay just kidding, it’s not just bacon… bacon and chocolate…. Wait don’t leave yet! It’s not the normal bacon and chocolate, it’s Bacon Bark. Sounds like something straight from Willy Wonka and kind of makes me [...]

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Pork Chops and Bacon, My Two Favorite Animals

March 12, 2010

Today we would like to take a few moments to salute television’s biggest fan of bacon and everything else pork, Homer J. Simpson. Ok, so he doesn’t know that pork comes from pigs, but he sure has eaten a lot of it and is quite possibly responsible for keeping all of Springfield’s invisible hog farmers [...]

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The Most Important Day of the Year

March 1, 2010

Today is the most important day of the year. It is a day to stay home from work. It is a day of celebrating with family and friends. It is bigger than Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s and the Fourth of July combined. It is a day to honor the reason there can be [...]

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Pepperoni and Bacon Lovers Unite

February 10, 2010

Do you love bacon? How about pepperoni? Since we already know that the answer is “yes,” we’ll go ahead and tell you how to get some for FREE. It’s Porktastically simple to do: just submit a recipe featuring bacon or pepperoni, and Sugardale will send you a FREE pack of their bacon or pepperoni. Don’t [...]

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