Baconfest Chicago

Dear Bacon-nation:
Whew.  What an insane day.  INSANE.  Today is one of those days that will be lodged in my memory till I hit the grave.  A year and a half ago, three dudes who love bacon had a dream.  Today we took one giant step towards it’s realization.  Baconfest Chicago April 10th 2010, 2 shifts [...]

Oh, and did we mention tix go on sale in T-minus 2hrs:50min.
And The Winner of the 48hr Bacon-poetry/song competition is:
BRIDGET FALLON for the following poem:
Hot Streaks
It aint made out of turkey, that aint natural
Keep the poultry in the pasture lookin pastoral
It aint pounded out of tofu or dried, dyed soy
Those processed freezer strips strip away [...]

Hi Bacon-nation,
As we ramp up towards the big ticket-release day tomorrow, I just wanted to post a rebuke to some food journalist named David Tamarkin who got me all riled up last year when he wrote some article in Time-Out Chicago claiming bacon was over.  He’s a nice guy, I don’t mean to slam him.  [...]

We had in the Baconfest gift bags:
Chocolate-Covered Bacon from Bleeding Heart Bakery
Bacon Bourbon Caramel Corm from Salted Caramel
Bacon Salt & Bacon Lip-balm from J and D’s
Bacon Maple Man-Bait Lollies from Das Foods
Bacon Maple Doughnuts from Glazed Chicago Donuts
Bacon Sea Salt Caramels from  Floriole Bakery
Bacon Peanut Brittle from Fig Catering
Coupons & Tchotckes from Provenance
Apologies  if you’re [...]

Troy Graves of EVE is anything but subtle when describing his love of all things bacon! Check out his interview on BacoTV and decide how fierce of a competitor he really is.

It’s impossible not to feel good about the confraternity of bacon-lovers when you watch Boka chef Giuseppe Tentori talking about what he loves about bacon and his abiding respect for his fellow bacon-chefs.

In today’s episode, we meet a man who loves pork and the pig that gave its life to satisfy our appetites.

Oh yes! The time has come. For tasty bacon!
Today, we’re putting tickets on sale for our Pro Bacon Cookoff at the Publican. At exactly 12:00 noon, Chicago Time, you’ll be able to buy your way into the bacon event of the fall where you can taste bacon snacks from 10 top Chicago [...]

A healthy holy crap goes to Captain Ambivalent for the breathtakingly awesome MP3 he sent us of his astonishing entry into the Baconfest Songwriting competition, only 4 months after the call for entries.  If the production qualities are any indication, he’s been working steadily at it for all that time.
Daniel Biehmer aka Captain Ambivalent, Baconfest [...]

For those of us who’ve accidentally had our bacon touch our syrupy pancakes (sounds dirty), or get lost in a waffle ala mode, this is no news flash. But sounds interesting…
http://www.turnto23.com/southwest_county/20055504/detail.html
Thoughts?
Andre Vonbaconvitch