brookline booksmith

I'm not sure if any other title has ever captured the way I feel about bacon better than this.  Not even Seduced by Bacon or Everything Tastes Better With Bacon (both of which I recommend if you are looking for some fun and tasty recipes). But this, a love story, is perfect. Not just recipes (although I must make some of these now), not just history (but that is the reason I picked up the book in the first place), not just a how to (perhaps it's time I built a smoker in my back yard?), this all-encompassing book will renew the love of a lifelong bacon eater, and may even tempt some vegetarians to the dark side... into which I will welcome you with open arms - and a bacon-wrapped hot dog.

~ recommended August, 2010

I'm not sure what the best part of this book is. The request? The art? The incredible critiques? This tiny art director is impossible to please. Good thing she's cute.

~ recommended March, 2010