I'M BACK...

So, it's been over 4 months since you've seen an update here on BaconJew.com. Well, 2011 will see much more action from your favorite destination for weird pork and Jewish culture. Coming January 29th will be extensive coverage of the BEER, BOURBON & BBQ FESTIVAL here in NYC! Also, I'll be recapping the PADDY LONG'S BEER & BACON TASTING from my trip to Chicago back in November and of course trying to pimp out my KOSHER KLOTHING to the masses.

Thanks for sticking around while I slacked...I promise some awesomeness this year!

17 FACTS ABOUT BACON

In case you didn't know...see below for the first few, then click HERE to see the whole thing

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BACON DAY

I've been slacking here on BaconJew lately, but I wanted to wish everyone a very happy pork-filled holiday weekend. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming days!

BACON CAMP!

Finally something good about the state of Michigan...BACON CAMP. The Washington Post just ran a story on a camp I wish existed when I was a kid (though I'm sure my parents still would have sent me to the JCC). Read all about it HERE!

BACON VS TOFU

We all know who wins this battle...

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS

enough said

ANOTHER BACONJEW?

Let's just hope this is a typo

BACON BABY

My biggest contributor, Adam, sent me this from Fail Blog today. I now know what to get my sister when she has a baby in July.

MY FIRST BACON

MY FIRST BACON

WHAT BACONJEW WANTS FOR EASTER

Thanks to my friend Zena for sending me this. I was already a fan of VOSGES CHOCOLATE because of their "Mo's Bacon Bar" but now they have brought a Jew like me into the Easter spirit with their "Bacon And Eggs" Easter Eggs.



The chocolate eggs are filled with Soft bacon caramel + 55% dark chocolate. With a description like this, I can't resist "Five dark chocolate half eggs arrive nestled in straw and are each filled with soft buttery bacon caramel. Bite, crack, ooze, salty-sweet delight."

BROOKLYN BACON BAGEL

My favorite hangover food has always been the bacon, egg and cheese on a bagel. It's hearty, it's tasty, it's not kosher, it's perfect....well, what I thought was perfect. THE BAGEL STORE in Brooklyn has taken it a step further and actually baked in bacon, egg and cheddar into a bagel! I haven't ventured across the East River to try it yet...but next time I wake up randomly in some shiksa's bed in Williamsburg, I will be sure to get one.



The Bagel Store
754 Metropolitan Ave
(at Graham Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11211

LARRYDAVHEAD

I just bought this shirt...it's genius...you should buy one too

Thanks to my friends at METALSUCKS.NET for telling me about it. Buy it now at SHIRTS AND DESTROY!

A BELATED BACON VALENTINE

The only good thing about Valentine's Day would have been to get this

BEHOLD...THE OCTOPUS

My friend Adam has come up with a great way to kickstart my heart and it is called THE OCTOPUS.

From the words of it's creator:

It was a Pork Roll Egg and Cheese - with 4 strips of bacon... the strips of bacon were so long - I was able to make it into a pattern to look like the sandwich had 8 bacon tentacles.

The eggs have to be over easy so when you bite into it - they ooze like the ink from an octopus getting attacked!

I guess you could make it without the pork roll - but why?

NEW ALBUM & VIDEO FROM ORPHANED LAND

You might be familiar with ORPHANED LAND from past posts here on the site, but the band just released their new album, The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR in the US! To celebrate, they have posted their new video for "Sapari" over at AOL Noisecreep...which you can just watch below as well.



Pick up the album on ITUNES now, and make sure to see them playing some rare North American dates in March.

Mar 8 B.B. King’s New York City, NY
Mar 10 Les Foufounes Electriques Montreal, QC
Mar 13 Wreck Room Toronto, ON
Mar 14 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL

I LOVE YOU MORE THAN BACON...

...is what my friend Jayson decided to tell me over email late last night. Ok, not really (because that would be kinda weird). But he did send me the link to DESIGN DUDE'S Etsy page with an awesome greeting card and bacon magnets!

BACON MAKES YOUR BABY SMARTER

Leave it to the most healthy state in the country, North Carolina, to release the results of a study showing that a plate of bacon and eggs can help pregnant women have smarter babies. And then leave it to the most healthy country in the world, the UK, to report about it HERE

Eat it Dr. Spock!

BACON OR BEER CAN

Thank you BURGER CONQUEST for brightening my day with this. Click on the picture for the best website of 2010 so far.

INDEPENDENT SOURCES

Happy New Year everyone! For those of you in NYC, you might be familiar with CUNY75, a local TV station from the City University Of New York. A few months ago, one of their shows called INDEPENDENT SOURCES, interviewed me for a segment on Jews and pork. Well, it made their best of 2009 special!



Any of you can check it out by clicking the logo below (and you can forward to the 24 minute mark to see me in all my TV glory)