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Go check out the booster campaign for Karen Green. She’s the survivor of domestic abuse, and using this bitchin’ symbol to help improve her life’s trajectory. Read her story, buy a t-shirt, make a difference. And, you know…also have a rad t-shirt. Sometimes helping others rewards you in more ways than one.

Best of luck, Karen!

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Ok, people, we get it! You like Homer Simpson. Our post Top 10 Bacon Quotes from Homer Simpson has been our most popular post for years. But Homer isn’t the only fictional character that likes bacon, people! Real people love bacon too! Here are some of the greatest non-Homer quotes that we’ve found out there.

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1. “If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.”

Tom Waits, Singer-Songwriter

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2. “I’m not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it’s incredibly delicious.”

Gwyneth Paltrow, Actress 

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3. “Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”

Doug Larson, Columnist

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4. “I always use my ‘Holy Trinity’ which is salt, olive oil and bacon. My motto is, ‘bacon always makes it better.’ I try to use bacon and pork products whenever it can.”

Anne Burrell, Chef

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5. “I love super crispy, almost burned, snapping-crispy bacon.”

David Lynch, Film Director

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6. “I think we love bacon because it has all the qualities of an amazing sensory experience. When we cook it, the sizzling sound is so appetizing, the aroma is maddening, the crunch of the texture is so gratifying and the taste delivers every time.”

Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Chef

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7. “You know, it’s hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.”

Nick Offerman, Actor

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8. “There have been a few occurrences where people in restaurants have sent me a rasher of bacon, which I am not going to turn my nose up at. I never let them down.”

Nick Offerman, Actor

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9. “I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs. There are few sights that appeal to me more than the streaks of lean and fat in a good side of bacon, or the lovely round of pinkish meat framed in delicate white fat that is Canadian bacon. Nothing is quite as intoxicating as the smell of bacon frying in the morning, save perhaps the smell of coffee brewing.”

James Beard, Author

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10. “Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.”

George Takei, Actor

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We all love bacon and we all love people dressed up as bacon. Check out our top 10 favorite bacon-themed costumes that are available in our store for Halloween this year!

	1. Bacon Strip Costume Think of your favorite sandwich. Imagine it there sitting on a plate being completely ordinary. Now think of bacon being added to that sandwich and you’re mind knows that it just became the greatest thing ever. That is what bacon does, it takes everyday things and brings to an extreme level. Now you can make your Halloween legendary as a strip of bacon this year. Button Text More Men’s Costumes
	2. Bacon Suit Costume This costume includes a jacket and a pair of pants. Does not include shoes or handsome man. Button Text More Men’s Costumes
	3. Bacon Suit Costume Tee They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day…and now, your BFF (Breakfast Friend Forever)-bacon-can be the most important shirt of the day. This Bacon Suit Tee will attract all the bacon lovin’ ladies and make you look as hot and sizzling as everybody’s favorite breakfast (and lunch and dinner) item. Button Text More Men’s Costumes
	4. Bacon and Eggs Couples Costume This classic breakfast combo makes a great couples costume. Button Text
	5. Pig Costume Our Pig Hooded Jumpsuit is the coolest costume around Great for Halloween, everyday dress-up and sleepovers. Button Text
	6. Bacon Dress A bacon dress is the perfect choice for all of you ladies out there that just lovvve bacon. Button Text More Women’s Costumes
	7. Bacon Dog Costume Looking for a silly costume for your dog? Your dogs’ favorite breakfast table treat is a perfect and fun costume. Button Text More Pet Costumes
	8. Squiggly Pig With an oink, oink here and an oink, oink there. She’ll be happily oinking and playing in the mud in this Squiggly Pig Costume! This adorable costume makes a great addition to any farm animal group costume idea too! Button Text More Baby Costumes
	9. Bacon Bunting Everyone loves bacon, have your infant dress up as a compliment to your food themed costume this Halloween Button Text More Baby Costumes
	10. Pig Mask We’ll admit it, this pig looks a little demented and angry. You would be too if everyone coveted your insides because they were made of bacon. We recommend this mask while grilling at your BBQ this summer or just ordering at the butcher counter. Button Text More Creepy Pig Masks

We’ve got even more costumes listed in the Bacon Store. Check out these categories:

Men’s Costumes | Women’s Costume | Kids Costumes | Baby Costumes | Pet Costumes | Creepy Pig Masks

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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I don’t really know how my husband stumbled upon these delicious-looking bacon lollipops, but here they are in all their wavy glory. I’ve had this type of treat before, like the Man Bait variety. They are typically maple-flavored, because apparently people who make bacon candy have no imagination. There are two things I like about this new product from Vat19: 1) Three flavors! Of course there’s the obligatory maple, but you can also choose honey or bbq, and 2) Cool shape! Of course a bacon-filled lollipop should be wavy like a crispy strip.

So, yes, by all means go to this website and buy this candy, but while you’re there, you have to check out all the hilarious videos they’ve made to promote their products. Like the wares they’re peddling, the marketing is random and weird and highly entertaining. Our favorite was this one for the 26-pound gummy python.

Vat19.com is a great place to shop for gag gifts, stocking stuffers and, what the heck, totally unique and usable kitchen gadgets. Or a fun place to spend the afternoon getting your Internet fix. Either way, satisfaction guaranteed.

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I mentioned in my Denny’s Baconalia post that Denny’s marketing campaign was both smart and funny. They showed us clips from the coverage they received for Baconalia 2011, and I can see where they got their inspiration. Late night comedy took hold of Baconalia, particularly the maple bacon sundae, and claimed it for their own. From Letterman to Leno to South Park, Baconalia was fodder for highly relatable laughs because of one important truth: America has been having a renewed love affair with bacon for years, and it keeps hitting new heights.

For their latest promotions, Denny’s has teamed up with the musical comedy geniuses, Rhett & Link, along with my husband’s favorite website, Failblog, to make videos you definitely want to watch.

And part II

In order to let you lovely Baconeers enjoy the Baconalia menu before it’s too late, Denny’s is offering four gift cards to our Bacon Ambassadors. Each ambassador is assigned a number based upon the order in which they sign up, and come 10 pm Sunday night, April 21, we’ll use a random number generator to pick four lucky Ambassadors to try out the Baconalia menu with friends.

So if you’ve been considering becoming an Ambassador but wondered what was in it for you? Now you know. Join now for your chance to win.

UPDATE: Congratulations to Yannick, Hilary, Paul and Christine on winning the Denny’s Ambassador drawing! Enjoy your gift cards, and feel free to share your thoughts here about the BACONALIA menu!

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Tickets start at $30 ($20 if you’re not a drinker). For $200 you also get a special VIP pre-festival dinner under the stars and exclusive VIP Lounge access throughout the festival. Check out the various ticket packages here, and plan to meet us in Los Olivos for a magical day of Swine & Wine. We’re already counting the days.

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The morning of the event was filled with anticipation on my part. Prior to being shuttled to the 16-story Denny’s Headquarters building, we didn’t actually know which promotion we were there to cover. What would we be tasting? And who else would share this experience with us? Turned out we were in very good company, with bloggers from Foodbeast, Burgerbeast, GrubGrade, and Mr. Baconpants himself. Perhaps most awesome was meeting the lovely Megan and Jason Day of BBQAddicts, inventors of the legendary and much-imitated Bacon Explosion.

We spent about an hour whetting our appetite on fruit and cinnamon-sugar pancake puppies (which I heart) while the VP of Marketing John Dillon and his team shared some information and stats about Baconalia past and present. They showed us their upcoming advertising campaign and I have to say it was smart and very funny. A song and video by Rhett & Link. A partnership with FailBlog. Commemorative melamine plates! The links are almost endless and the presentation was an experience that I’d like to talk about further, but I’ll save that for another post because I really want to get to the menu. Which is exactly what I was thinking while we talked about and looked at images of the food to come.

Finally around 11 am we walked across the street to Denny’s test kitchen. I have always wanted to say I went to a test kitchen. I feel like a damn Food Network correspondent. There are 12 bacon-themed items on the new menu, nearly double what there were in 2011. Two of the items were pretty basic egg & bacon plates, which were omitted from the tasting, I assume, in the interest of time and stomach space. My favorite dish was also our first: The Caramel Bacon Stuffed French Toast ($7.99). This consisted of two thick slices of French toast, perfectly cooked without any noticeable egg on the exterior, a peeve of mine. Between the slices was a generous layer of white chocolate cream cheese (yum!) mixed with nice-sized chunks of crisp bacon. Topping it all off was a tasty drizzle of caramel sauce and more bacon chunks. It was delicious, plain and simple. I would order this. Naseem and I both had difficulty keeping our tasting to a couple of bites. But with eight more dishes to come, we really had to pace ourselves. The French toast comes with two eggs, two slices of bacon, and a side of warm maple syrup. I’d say the syrup is totally unnecessary.

Naseem’s favorite item (and in my top three) was the Spicy Pepper Bacon Jack Burger ($7.99). We had all discussed the spice level that we expected from this burger, and were happy that it actually delivered. With a chipotle sauce, pepper jack cheese, pepper bacon and, most important, pickled jalapeño slices, you’re actually left with some lingering heat on the tongue for several minutes. There was also much discussion about the veggies included on the burger. I’m a fan of lettuce, tomato and pickle, particularly if the lettuce is crisp and shredded, which this was. The bacon obviously couldn’t be the stand-out flavor in this burger, but a decent burger doesn’t use bacon as a crutch. This item is served with fries, and can be ordered with a turkey or veggie burger.

Naseem and I were both excited about the BBQ Bacon Mac’n Cheese Bites ($4.59). There are six pieces in this appetizer, served atop a pepper jack sauce and drizzled with BBQ sauce. Each ball of cheesy goodness was deep-fried to a crispness that our forks could not penetrate. This is definitely a finger food. As far as being fried mac’n cheese, I liked it. The bacon, unfortunately, wasn’t as prominent as I had hoped. And the sauces weren’t a match for me. Maybe the pepper jack would have been fine on it’s own, but the BBQ sauce dominated the other flavors. It may have even been why I couldn’t taste the bacon. If I ordered this, I’d ask for sauces on the side. But again, I would totally order it.

Other menu items included:

The Ultimate BLT ($6.99): A solid, tasty sandwich with avocado and mixed greens, but I’d need at least two more slices of bacon to call it ultimate.

The Pepper Bacon Avocado Omelette ($7.99): Not terribly interesting. Veggies were nicely sautéed, avocado was ripe but firm, but it also could have used more bacon.

The Bacon Pepper Jack Tilapia ($8.99): Although we were told this item got very high marks in test, I cannot get behind putting cheese and bacon on fish; spinach and pico de gallo? Maybe in a taco situation. The fish itself had a nice texture and mild flavor.

And now on to the famous bacon desserts. The Salted Caramel Brownie Sundae with Bacon ($3.69) was our favorite, hands down. The brownie was super fudgy with a crushed pretzel crust. The caramel sauce, as stated earlier, was delicious. Denny’s uses a 12% milkfat vanilla ice cream for all of these desserts, so it was nice and rich. And finally the diced bacon was diced large and cooked crisp. A killer mix.

They brought back the famous Maple Bacon Sundae ($2.99) and added a Maple Bacon Milk Shake ($3.69). I may be the only bacon fan out there who doesn’t love maple, so neither of these desserts appealed to me. But if you do love that flavor combo, then I think the shake would blow your mind. The bacon is blended to a fine enough mince to get through the straw, and we were all impressed with the crispy texture, even when blended with ice cream. The key there is that each shake is scooped and blended to order; there is no pre-mixed maple-bacon ice cream on standby.

I was totally impressed with the crispness of the bacon throughout the tasting. I recognize, however, that I was being served by test kitchen chefs and culinary experts; I’m anxious to do a testing at our local Denny’s with a few of our readers to see how the experience holds up in the real world of a franchise owner.

If you want to see what all the hype is about, you have 10 weeks to try out the Baconalia festivities. Yes, this is a limited-time promotion, and we cannot guarantee that any of the items you see here will be available in the future. If you do give this menu a try, let us know what you thought and which items were your favorites. Seriously, I eat that French toast one more time and breakfast may never be the same again.

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