Happy New Year! With bacon.. of course

Happy New Year everyone!  Behold.... the bacon.... Technically this is a smoked pancetta... such as it is.  Last nite I smoked the bacon tha...

Winners and Losers

As we close down 2011 I've been thinking about the projects that worked....and the things that didn't. It helps me do better planni...

Dog sloth

Our number one dog, Titan, has been hanging out in the living room.  He's had enough of the puppy shenanigans so he got a reverse time o...

Oh my sweet buns!

*OFG rethinks punctuation....*  I mean......Oh my! Sweet buns! Would you get a load of these sweet rolls? Are you licking your screen? Yeah....

The accessability of bacon: An Interview with The Gastronomic Gardener

Happy Christmas everyone! I was trying to think what I could give everyone for Christmas, what would be the best present?... And then, of co...

Part Four. The Battle

The scene: On the high hill overlooking the valley Light snow fell on a brilliant morning. OFG's battle line stretched wide on the hig...

Bacon's here....

I'm sorry but I can't talk to any of you right now.... the bacon is here. I'm sitting in my kitchen surrounded by 90 pounds of b...

Part Three: The Eve of Battle

The scene: The Great Hall in OFG's lands, just after dusk the eve before battle The full moon rose against a pale sky casting great sha...

The cure for bacon

Of course there is no cure for love of bacon... so you just gotta give into the bacon obsession and make your own. Make your own bacon? Sure...

Finishing up - lard and leavings

Oh Lard...lard lard lard. Lard and more lard. So much lard.... The leaf lard we got was extraordinary. This entire kettle was full of leaf ...