If you've ever spotted slices of pork belly at the market or perhaps at a Korean barbeque restaurant and mistaken them for bacon, you were not far off. In fact, anatomically, you were right on target ...

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 ...

For those who prize smoked cured pork belly, making bacon at home might be the finest way to harness its magic. "The thing that's cool about making it yourself, or buying better bacon, is that you can ...

Side bacon is the bacon we are most familiar with. The skin or rind has been removed, and it has been conveniently sliced and packaged. Slab bacon is an uncut cured pork belly. The slab can be cut to ...

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love bacon. But even I have been struck with confusion while shopping for the precious ingredient. What’s the difference between regular and center-cut?

Meat lovers often encounter the terms "pork" and "bacon," but many wonder how these two are different. Both come from pigs, yet they serve distinct roles in the culinary world. Pork is the general ...

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 ...

Today, December 30, is National Bacon Day, which celebrates the salted, cured pork belly meat. Bacon has been consumed for centuries and dates back to around 1500 B.C., when the Chinese were ...

Cured meats have been popular because of their taste and convenience, but late;y, they have earned a bad rep. So, is bacon a ...

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 ...