Making your own bacon at home is easier than you might think, and the results are far superior to anything you can buy at the store. With just a few simple ingredients, a bit of patience, and the ...

Last weekend, on a visit to San Francisco, I witnessed cookbook author and food writer Michael Ruhlman show a roomful of bloggers at the California Culinary Academy how to cure bacon. Yup, at home.

Look deep into your heart, open that neglected MSPaint icon, rejoice in your pure freedom of expression.* *expressions of "I don't like bacon" and variants will be met with head-shaking and a deep ...

Bacon doesn’t have to be smoked, says Hank Shaw, author of four cookbooks and the award-winning blog Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. “Pancetta is the most obvious example,” he says. “There are a lot of ...

Home-cured bacon? Sounds like one of those things the average person wouldn’t in a million years attempt. But what if we told you it’s so easy a child could do it? And what if we also said the results ...

AS A YOUNG KID in Washington, D.C., Wendell Allsbrook knew he wanted to build a business of his own. “I grew up on U Street during the crack epidemic,” he said. “I didn’t finish high school, didn’t go ...

It's probably time to admit that, as a society, we may have taken the whole bacon thing a little far. But bacon's irresistible mix of salty, smoky perfection makes it tough to give up altogether. So ...