Greetings Bacon Nation. When we started Baconfest, we dreamed of bringing people together around our favorite cured meat. On April 10, that dream came true – 900 people got together to eat a lot of bacon and connect with one another. But we can’t stop there – It’s not just [Read More]
Mike, Erin and I had the good fortune to attend the Mayfest Pig Roast at Paddy Long’s last Saturday in the wake of that killer Blackhawks OT win. We of course had pulled pork sandwiches which were melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Also finally got to try the legendary Bacon-Board (see vid below). Mind-blowingly fantastic. [Read More]
Hi Bacon Nation, Now, I’m not a food-critic, but I have tried a lot of bacon in the last year – this guy’s Bacon and Bangers are FANTASTIC! If you didn’t get to meet Nick Spencer at BFC 2010, or sample his delish products, here is your chance! And you’ll [Read More]
Beth Cummings, one of Baconfest Chicago’s great vendors, is a local artisan who really takes bacon SERIOUSLY. Check out her line of new Bacon-items at the links below. Go Beth!! http://www.shopdiffraction.com/ http://www.etsy.com/listing/45174906/iron-on-bacon-patches–baconize-just-abo http://www.etsy.com/listing/45200051/bacon-coasters–set-of-four?ref=vl_other_1 http://www.etsy.com/listing/42340035/my-kind-of-town-pillow http://www.etsy.com/listing/33702919/chicago-flag-pillows http://www.etsy.com/listing/43406412/tastes-like-bacon-lumbar-eco-felt-pillow
Hi Bacon Nation, Check it below from Chris Latchford and our friends at Paddy Longs. I’ll be there. Swing by – and help us plant the seedlings for Baconfest Chicago 2011 over a pint! Also below is Kyle’s Video of his visit to Paddy Long’s. Uh…. A Bacon “Board”?!? UNBELIEVABLE!! [Read More]
Hello Bacon-Nation. “Competition” in the culinary arts is such a sketchy word – so subjective, and to us, all 24 chefs are Winners with a capital W. But we did do a ballot for “Best Tasting Bacon Dish Period” as well as an internal Ballot for “Most creative use of [Read More]
Bacon Nation, Our great friends at Salted Caramel want to continue the celebration from Baconfest Chicago. Their BACON BOURBON CARAMEL CORN will be on sale at Provenance Food and Wine. Mention “Baconfest Chicago” when you go, and you’ll receive a 15% discount off of your Bacon Bourbon Caramel Corn purchase [Read More]
Here are the links to PDF downloads for the menus for yesterday’s fest: Shift 1 Shift 2 ADDENDUM: Daniel Zemans of SeriousEats.com took a look at our menus and cross-checked them against his reporter’s notebook. He let us know about a few changes that chefs made between when we went to print with the [Read More]
Baconfest Chicago 2010 was on April 10, 2010 at the Stan Mansion in Logan Square SHIFT ONE Chef Paul Fehribach of Big Jones Bacon Fat Buckwheat Shortbread, House Pecan Wood-Smoked Bacon, Passionfruit and Apricot Conserves, and Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Bacon Pralines Chef Giuseppe Tentori of Boka Canadian Bacon Gnocchi [Read More]
Michelle Garcia and the Bleeding Heart Bakery ROCK!!! – Literally and figuratively. One of the original Baconfest Chicago Sponsors. We love them, their space, their dedication to first-class locally-sourced premium organic ingredients – a first rate bakery that can’t be beat! Swing by their table tomorrow at Baconfest and show [Read More]
