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Seduced by Bacon

Cookbook by Joanna Pruess


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Cookbook by Joanna Pruess

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nameSeduced by Bacon
title_orig
translator
imageSeduced by Bacon.jpg
captionBook cover
authorJoanna Pruess with Bob Lape
illustratorLiesa Cole
cover_artistLiesa Cole
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
series
subjectCook book for bacon
genre
publisherThe Lyons Press
pub_date1 October 2006
pages192 pp
isbn1-59228-851-0
dewey641.6/64 22
congressTX749.5.P67 P78 2006
oclc61758638

Seduced by Bacon: Recipes & Lore about America's Favorite Indulgence is a cookbook about bacon written by Joanna Pruess with her husband Bob Lape. It was first published by The Lyons Press in 2006 and contains 90 recipes using bacon for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and even desserts.

Pruess is a food writer and consultant to the food industry, and her husband is a food critic who has written articles for Crain's business.

Description

Seduced by Bacon contains recipes covering a wide range of bacon-related snacks and meals. It also includes facts, ideas, and instructions for preparing the meat, as well as a brief history of bacon, a discussion of the folklore surrounding the meat, and a glossary of bacon-related items. The book also provides information on the use of bacon, listing curing techniques, tips on buying and storing bacon and the best ways to cook it.

Seduced by Bacon includes bacon-related writings from notables such as Mark Twain and Fran Lebowitz. It also contains photographs and bacon-related poems: :For us the pig's the means, while bacon is the end :Providing gustatory heights to which we can ascend

The book claims that 71 percent of bacon is still consumed at breakfast or brunch.{{cite web

Reception

First printed on October 1, 2006, Seduced by Bacon was reprinted 3 times by March 9, 2007. It was featured on a Saturday edition of CBS's The Early Show in a segment called "Chef on a Shoestring", where a three-course meal consisting of recipes from the book was created for four people for $40. The menu featured a warm baby spinach salad with oranges, red onion and bacon as a starter; Chinese glazed salmon for the main course and pecan, brown sugar and bacon ice cream for dessert.

One reviewer described the book as capturing a big food trend: the use of bacon to flavor everything from pasta dishes to sweets. The book has also been mentioned in more recent newspaper stories reporting on bacon's popularity in the United States, a phenomenon sometimes referred to as bacon mania.

References

References

  1. "Seduced by Bacon - publishers page".
  2. Giuca, Linda. (2006-11-30). "A Sizzling Story of Seduction". Hartford Courant.
  3. Fabricant, Florence. (2006-11-22). "Selections Bound to Entice the Cook or the Historian". New York Times.
  4. Sweets, Ellen. (2006-12-27). "Bring home the bacon — and savor it". Arizona Daily Star.
  5. Casey, Laura. (2009-03-31). "Piggin' out on bacon at S.F.'s BaconCamp". San Jose Mercury News.
  6. Wharton, Rachel. (2007-03-09). "Bring Home the Bacon...". NY Daily News.
  7. (2006-11-04). "Bacon Makes It All Better". CBS News.
  8. Shatzkin, Kate. (2007-01-18). "Slow down! Mornings are a time for savoring". Philadelphia Daily Sun.
  9. Casey, Laura. (2009-04-15). "Bacon bourbon, bacon scarves, Bacon Camp!". Contra Costa Times.
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