Welcome to the Farm (Lyons Press, 2017) by Shaye Elliott, is a fully illustrated and detailed guide to growing your own amazing food right in your own backyard. She offers a wide range of recipes, ...

Making your own bacon at home is easier than you might think, and the results are far superior to anything you can buy at the store. With just a few simple ingredients, a bit of patience, and the ...

Instructions: Pat the pork belly down with paper towels, removing as much moisture as possible. Mix sugar, kosher salt and pink curing salt in a small bowl. Rub maple syrup on both sides of the pork ...

In my humble estimation, one of the few objects of sustenance possibly more pleasurable than a thirst-slaking beer is bacon. Cue angels singing and bright beams of light suddenly glowing down from the ...

Michigan chef Brian Polcyn, a professional chef since 1980, said that it took approximately 150 trial runs working with pork belly before his maple smoked bacon recipe was perfected. The recipe was a ...

I was tempted to call this article “The Girl and the Pig,” because I am hooked on bacon. More specifically, I am hooked on my own home-cured bacon. Prompted by a whole lot of time on my hands thanks ...

Mix sugar, kosher salt and pink curing salt in a small bowl. Rub maple syrup on both sides of the pork belly, and apply seasoning mixture evenly to both sides of the belly, including the sides of the ...

I was tempted to call this article “The Girl and the Pig,” because I am hooked on bacon. More specifically, I am hooked on my own home-cured bacon. Prompted by a whole lot of time on my hands thanks ...