Synopsis

Bacon is Peter Sherman’s North Star. In 2014, he opened BarBacon, a bacon-themed gastropub in New York City, to immediate critical and financial success, and he has become the go-to bacon guru for the world. Sherman has a nearly religious devotion to bacon, and in his tome, The Bacon Bible, he shares more than 200 recipes that show you how to incorporate bacon into nearly any meal you can imagine.

There are the classics, like BLTs, wedge salads, and mac and cheese, but the book really encourages you to cook with bacon in unexpected ways with recipes like Bacon Ramen, Chipotle Bacon Tacos, and Bacon Bourbon Oatmeal Pancakes. Peter also teaches you the basics, like how to cure simple bacon from scratch. He has a mad-scientist approach to bacon and is a firm believer that it should be a part of every meal. With this cookbook, you’ll never think of bacon the same way.

Review

In honor of Father’s Day, I decided to post my review today since most men love bacon and while it might be a little late to get it and give to them today, nothing wrong with buying it for them and giving it to them as a late gift!  I am sure your bacon-loving man (or woman for that matter) will eat up this cookbook!  And then you can thank Abrams Books for putting out this cookbook, sending it to me to review as part of the Abrams Dinner Party and then sharing it with you.

The saying goes that everything tastes better with Bacon (which is actually a fact!) and this cookbook is a great way to find new ways to use bacon that you might never have thought about before.  After all the rest of the title of the book is “More than 200 recipes for bacon you never knew you needed”.

This cookbook has it all – recipes for everything from beverages to appetizers to desserts and everything in between.  I loved flipping through the pages and discovering new and inspired ways to use bacon.  I have previously put it on sandwiches, in pasta dishes, and on top of salads but this cookbook opened my eyes to many more opportunities like Bacon and Bourbon cornbread – who would have thought to combine those?  Not me, that’s for sure.  Or what about Bacon Caramel Popcorn or Candied Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies?  Is your mouth watering yet?

Being a part of Abrams Dinner Party, one of the best things is chatting with other bloggers and seeing what they choose to make and what works or doesn’t work or what their family raves about.  I think one of the biggest hits is the Apple-Bacon relish that could be eaten almost any way – on a burger, with tortilla chips, in soup, or even by the spoonful.

I decided to try the Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin and let me tell you, you can never go wrong with adding more pork to pork!  I have to admit I didn’t quite follow the cooking instructions but that was because I didn’t have rendered bacon fat (and definitely not 4 cups worth) so I cooked it in the oven after wrapping the tenderloin with bacon and searing it to crisp the bacon.  It came out delicious and there wasn’t any left at the end of the meal.  I served it with a Lemon Pea Risotto from another Abrams cookbook that I received this year.

We are giving this cookbook 5 paws up and suggest you rush out and pick up a copy for yourself or you can enter the giveaway I have for my copy of this book.

Giveaway

I am giving away my copy of this book (US Residents only) and all you have to do is visit this post and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway!