It's salty, smoky, and sweet. It can make almost any dish better. It's bacon, and it's the best meat ever! In Bacon: A Love Story, popular bacon blogger Heather Lauer serves up a piping hot dish of fun and facts and explores the ins and outs of how bacon finds its way to your skillet . . . and what to do with it when it gets there. Bacon: A Love Story featuresMakin' Bacon A tour of country-style bacon outfits and their time-honored curing methods and traditions. Includes tips for making your own signature cure. Bacon Nation Profiles of bacon-loving chefs across the country who incorporate the meat into their menus in increasingly innovative ways. There's In This?More than twenty delicious recipes for tons of bacon goodies like Bacon-Wrapped Tater Tots, BLT with caramelized bacon . . . plus a few surprises like Bacon Bloody Marys and Bacon Brownies. Bacon 411An extensive resource section on all things bacon. Bacon fans, prepare to get your pig on!