Tag Archives: bacon

Palsaik Korean BBQ – Off the wagon for the day

I saw a review for this place on the Cooking Channel, and I had high hopes when I walked in the door. I was totally not disappointed either. Those of you who have been following my saga, I’ve been more … Continue reading

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An Open Love Letter to Bacon

As you may have noticed, I’ve gone vegetarian for the most part. I still eat fish but the overwhelming majority of the time… no meat. I do this not because animals have faces.. or because I feel a deep, moral … Continue reading

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100+ Degrees Outside = Lazy Food

Last night when I got home, it was hot as a little oven in my apartment. I was thinking about scrapping the whole ‘make dinner’ idea to grab some take out.. but ultimately my own laziness (and inability to change … Continue reading

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Those French are on to something, I think…

In honor of being able to eat solid food again, I ventured into the classical french cookbooks for … steak au poivre!  I paired this with MORE AWESOME… stuffed mushrooms .. and also spinach with pearl onions. The steak was … Continue reading

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Viva la Sauce Week!!

After what could only be considered one of the crappiest days that I’ve had in a long while, I decided that the only thing that could rejuvenate my spirits was mac-n-cheese with homemade bacon bits in it. Good thing that: … Continue reading

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A Very Confluent Retrospective..

This being (ever so slightly past) my 100th post, I thought it would be a prudent time to reflect.. look back.. see what worked about my experiments, what didn’t.. what I could be doing more of.. less of.. So I … Continue reading

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Bacon-tastic! :-D

So, this weekend I hit up the asian market .. and imagine my shock when I found that pork belly was on sale. Naturally I picked up twice as much as I wanted, and decided to try different bacon type … Continue reading

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Off the wagon before I’ve even gotten on it..

At the urging of my boyfriend, we had bacon mac and cheese tonight. But MICHELLE!!!  You said you were going vegetarian for a little while?!!!  *le sigh*  I have fallen off the wagon already.. which is awkward because I wasn’t … Continue reading

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Someone really should have mentioned the side effects..

..  of making 5 lbs of bacon. I didn’t realize I would wanna eat it all pretty much immediately, but here I am, racking my brain for more bacon heavy recipes. Last night I made carbonara, which turned out pretty … Continue reading

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And on the sixth day.. there was bacon

To spite the fact that I was on pins and needles in anticipation of bacon-y goodness, this week really flew by. When I got home from work today, the first thing I did was to pull the bacon out of … Continue reading

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